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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectBruno Hasbrouck Zimm
Dates
October 31, 1920 – November 26, 2005
Authorized Form of Name
Zimm, Bruno Hasbrouck, 1920-2005
Additional Forms of Names
Zimm, Bruno H.
Biography
Abstract
Dr. Bruno Zimm was awarded the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1960. He is known as one of the founding fathers of the physical chemistry of macromolecules.
Important Dates
October 31, 1920Birth, Woodstock (N.Y.).
1941B.Sc in Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1944Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1944 – 1946Instructor and research associate, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
1946 – 1952Assistant professor (1946-1950); Associate professor (1950-1951), UC Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1950 – 1951Visiting lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1951 – 1960Research associate, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady (N.Y.).
1957Awarded the Baekeland Award, North Jersey Section, American Chemical Society.
1958Elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
1960Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1960Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1960 – 2005Professor; and Professor emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Calif.).
1963Awarded the High-Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society.
1969Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1981Awarded the Award in the Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences.
1982Awarded the Kirkwood Medal, New Haven Section, American Chemical Society.
November 26, 2005Death, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
Occupation
Physical chemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Rheology -- Industrial applications.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Beckmann, Charles O.
Advisor.
Bloomfield, Victor A.
Advised by Zimm, University of California, San Diego.
Crothers, Donald M.
Advised by Zimm, University of California, San Diego.
Dill, Ken A.
Advised by Zimm, University of California, San Diego.
Elson, Elliot, 1937-
Advised by Zimm, University of California, San Diego.
Jernigan, Robert L. (Robert Lee)
Advised by Zimm.
Kallenbach, Neville R., 1938-
Advised by Zimm, University of California, San Diego.
Klotz, Lynn C.
Advised by Zimm, University of California, San Diego.
La Mer, Victor K. (Victor Kuhn), 1895-1966
Advisor.
Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
Advisor, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
PhD advisor at Columbia University.
Institutions
Major Positions
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Research associate.
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Instructor; and research associate.
University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor; and Associate Professor.
University of California, San Diego
Professor; and Professor emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
American Chemical Society
Awarded the Baekeland Award, North Jersey Section (1957); and the Kirkwood Medal, New Haven Section (1982).
Awarded the High-Polymer Physics Prize (1963).
Columbia University. Department of Chemistry
B.Sc in Chemistry (1941); and Ph.D in Physical Chemistry (1944).
Harvard University
Visiting lecturer.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member; and awarded the award in Chemical Sciences (1981).
Recipient of the 1960 Bingham Medal.
Yale University
Visiting Professor.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Subject
Joseph Edward Mayer papers, 1920-1983.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Biophysical Chemistry Bruno H. Zimm obituary.
Chemistry Tree: Professional Relations list for Bruno H. Zimm.
National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir for Bruno H. Zimm.