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June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986
Authorized Form of Name
Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
Additional Forms of Names
Mulliken, Robert S. (Robert Sanderson)
Robert Mulliken was Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Universiy of Chicago (1961-1986). Other institutional affiliations include New York University. His research interests included valence theory and molecular structure. In 1966, Mulliken won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
June 7, 1896Birth, Newburyport (Mass.).
1917Obtained BS in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1917 – 1918Junior Chemical Engineer, Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior.
1919Assistant in Rubber Research, New Jersey Zinc Company.
1921Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1921 – 1925National Research Council (NRC) Fellow, University of Chicago and Harvard University.
1926 – 1928Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington Square College, New York University.
1928 – 1986Associate Professor of Physics (1928-1931); Professor of Physics (1931-1961); and Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Chemistry (1961-1986), University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1936Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1941Member, Advisory Committee on Uranium Research, National Academy of Sciences.
1942 – 1945Researcher and Director, Editorial Work and Information, Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory.
1952 – 1954Fulbright Scholar, Oxford University.
1955Scientific Attaché, United States Embassy, London.
1965Jan Van Geuns Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam.
1965 – 1971Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University.
1966Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method".
October 31, 1986Death, Arlington (Va.).
Physical chemist.
Heard, Lucia Maria Mulliken
Daughter.
Mulliken, Katherine W.
Mother.
Mulliken, Mary Helen von Noè
Wife. Married 1929.
Mulliken, Samuel Parsons, 1864-1934
Father.
Mulliken, Valerie Noè
Daughter.
Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983
Co-wrote the article "The Beta Bands of Nitric Oxide. I. Measurements and Quantum Analysis."
Harkins, William D. (William Draper), 1873-1951
PhD advisor at University of Chicago, "The separation of isotopes. Theory of resolution of isotopic mixtures by diffusion and similar processes. Experimental separation of mercury by evaporation in a vacuum."
Löwdin, Per-Olov, 1916-2000
Advised by Mulliken at University of Chicago.
McConnell, Harden Marsden
Advised by Mulliken at University of Chicago.
Parr, Robert G., 1921-
Advised by Mulliken at University of Chicago.
Shaffer, Wave Henry
Advised by Mulliken at University of Chicago.
Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965
Both employed at University of Chicago and Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project, and Harvard University.
Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Both employed at University of Chicago, and at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Falicov, L. M. (Leopoldo Maximo), 1933-1995
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Friedman, Francis L. (Francis Lee), 1918-
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago, New York University, and at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Konopinski, Emil Jan, 1911-
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Both employed at New York University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Metropolis, N. (Nicholas), 1915-
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at the University of Chicago.
Murray, Forest
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Ohlinger, Leo
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Pierce, George Washington, 1872-1956
Both employed at Harvard University.
Plass, Gilbert N.
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963
Both employed at Harvard University.
Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Simpson, John A. (John Alexander), 1916-2000
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976
Both employed at Harvard University.
Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gray), 1884-1962
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project and University of Chicago.
Thomas, Tracy Y. (Tracy Yerkes), 1899-1983
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Advised by Mulliken at University of Chicago and both employed at University of Chicago.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-2006
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Williams, John H. (John Harry), 1908-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Young, Gale Jay
Both employed at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Bloomenthal, Sidney, 1905-
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Ferguson, Walter Finnall Cross, 1898-
Hund, Friedrich, 1896-1997
Kolos, Wlodzimierz
Noyes, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1941
Roe, Anne, 1904-1991
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
Florida State University
Distinguished Research Professor.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Researcher and Director, Editorial Work and Information, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory.
New Jersey Zinc Company
Assistant in Rubber Research.
New York University. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics.
United States. Department of the Interior
Junior Chemical Engineer, Bureau of Mines.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. Metallurgical Laboratory
Researcher and Director, Editorial Work and Information, Manhattan Project.
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Jan Van Geuns Visiting Professor.
University of Chicago. Department of Chemistry
Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Chemistry.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry (1921). National Research Council (NRC) Fellow; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Chemistry
Harvard University. Department of Physics
National Research Council (NRC) Fellow.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Obtained BS (1917).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member, and Member, Advisory Committee on Uranium Research.
United States. Embassy (Great Britain)
Scientific Attaché.
University of Oxford. Department of Physics
Fulbright Scholar.
General interest session [sound recording] : American Physical Society Meeting, 1967 April 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert S. Mulliken, 1964 February 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert G. Parr addition to papers, 1935-2001 (bulk 1950-1995).
The Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer Library of Chemical History.
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702, USA
Robert G. Parr papers, 1945-2002 (bulk 1950-1990).
The Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer Library of Chemical History.
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702, USA
Robert S. Mulliken scientific offprints collection, circa 1930s-1985.
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Robert Sanderson Mulliken papers, 1908-1985 (bulk 1920s-1985).
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
University of Chicago Tuesday Club records, 1943-1988.
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Anne Roe papers, 1949-1971 (bulk).
Library.
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk).
Library.
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Edwin C. Kemble papers [microform], 1919-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Files of Wlodzimierz Kolos.
Archiwum (Warszawa)
Polska Akademia Nauk
Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland
J. H. Van Vleck papers, 1923-1959.
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
John Clarke Slater papers, 1908-1976.
Library.
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Oral history interview with Friedrich Hund, 1963 June 25 and 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Henry A. Barton, 1970 March 3 and 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with J. H. Van Vleck, 1963 October 2 and 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Clarke Slater, 1963 October 3 and 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Luis Alvarez, 1967 February 14 and 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Reviews of Modern Physics correspondence of John Torrence Tate, 1928.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
The return of Robert Mulliken to Chicago in 1928, circa 1978.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Walter Finall Cross Ferguson autobiography, circa 1964.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
William A. Noyes papers, 1870-1942.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Selected papers of Robert S. Mulliken / edited by D. A. Ramsay and J. Hinze.
"Robert Sanderson Mulliken: 1896-1986", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences