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June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013
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Karle, Jerome
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Karle, Jerome, 1918-
Karle Karle, Jerome, 1918-2013
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."
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.).
Physical chemist.
Karle, Isabella, 1921-
Wife.
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.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Researcher, University of Chicago.
Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
Researcher.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Researcher, Manhattan Project.
American Crystallographic Association
President.
American Philosophical Society
Member.
Harvard University
Obtained MA in Biology (1938).
International Union of Crystallography
President.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1944).
Jerome and Isabella Karle papers.
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Oral history interview with Jerome Karle and Isabella Karle, 1987 February 26, June 15, and September 9.
The Beckman Center for History of Chemistry
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702, USA
Herbert A. Hauptman papers, 1915-2014.
State University of New York at Buffalo
University Archives, 420 Capen Hall, Amherst Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Nobel Voices Videohistory Project collection, 2000-2001.
Archives Center
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History.
MRC 601, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Jerome Karle Nobel Prize biography.
Jerome Karle Physics Today obituary.
Jerome Karle, Nobelist for Crystallography, Dies at 94 New York Times obituary.