Jerome Karle

Dates

June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013

Authorized Form of Name

Karle, Jerome

Additional Forms of Names

Karle, Jerome, 1918-

Karle Karle, Jerome, 1918-2013

Biography

Abstract

Jerome Karle was a structural chemist at the US Naval Research Laboratory. He was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Herbert Hauptman "for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures."

Important Dates

June 18, 1918Birth, New York (N.Y.).

1938Obtained MA in Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).

1943 – 1944Researcher, Manhattan Project, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).

1944Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).

1944 – 2009Researcher, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington (D.C.).

1972President, American Crystallographic Association.

1976Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1981 – 1984President, International Union of Crystallography.

1985Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Herbert Hauptman "for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures".

1990Member, American Philosophical Society.

June 06, 2013Death, Annandale (Va.).

Occupation

Physical chemist.

Places

Subjects

Crystallography.

Electromagnetic waves.

Molecular structure.

Physical chemistry.

Structural chemistry.

Relationships

People

Family

Karle, Isabella, 1921-2017

Wife.

Advisors & Collaborators

Brockway, L. O. (Lawrence Olin), 1907-

PhD advisor at University of Michigan.

Haas, David J.

Advised as a post-doc by Karle at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Hauptman, Herbert A. (Herbert Aaron), 1917-2011

Shared 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures."

Hendrickson, Wayne A.

Advised as a post-doc by Karle at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.