John Gamble Kirkwood

John Gamble Kirkwood (HMYCS)

Location: New Haven, CT 06511 New Haven County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 18.88', W 72° 55.682'

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John Gamble Kirkwood
1907 - 1959
Physical Chemist
S.B. - University of Chicago (1926); Philip.D.-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1929); Sc.D. (Honors Causa) - University of Chicago (1954) and Universite Libre de Bruxelles (1959)
Served: Yale University as Sterling Professor of Chemistry; Chairman of the Chemistry Department (1951-1959) and Director of Division of Sciences (1956-1959); Leiden University as Lorentz Professor of Theoretical Physics (1959); California Institute of Technology as Noyes Professor of Chemistry (1947-1951); Cornell University as Todd Professor of Chemistry (1938-1947); National Academy of Sciences as Foreign Secretary (1954-1958); The United States Government as Scientific Consultant (1941-1959)
Scientific Honors: American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry (1936); Richards Medal (1950); Lewis Medal (1955)
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Date Added Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 7:59am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 673429 N 4575759
Decimal Degrees41.31466667, -72.92803333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 18.88', W 72° 55.682'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 18' 52.80" N, 72° 55' 40.92" W
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Area Code(s)203
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 51-69 Ashmun St, New Haven CT 06511, US
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