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Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1936 to 1954, and at Harvard University from 1953 to 1983, becoming the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry in 1960, and Professor Emeritus in 1983. [2] The Westheimer medal was established in his honor in 2002.
May 30, 2007 · Frank Westheimer, who died on 14 April at the age of 95, demonstrated that chemists have a unique advantage in deciphering the key processes of biology. Westheimer used his insight to describe the ...
- John Alan Gerlt
- 2007
Jul 14, 2023 · Frank Westheimer. Frank Henry Westheimer ( January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist. He was the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard University, and the Westheimer medal is named in his honour.
Frank Henry Westheimer was born in Baltimore. He graduated from Dartmouth and earned his doctorate in chemistry from Harvard in 1935. Dr. Westheimer did postdoctoral research at Columbia before ...
Frank Henry Westheimer was born in Baltimore on Jan. 15, 1912. He attended Dartmouth College and graduated summa cum laude in 1932. His father, a successful Baltimore stockbroker, at first questioned his decision to major in science, but became enthusiastic after talking to Dartmouth faculty.
1912-2007. Frank Henry Westheimer. In a distinguished career, Westheimer led the way in applying physical organic methods to bioorganic chemical reaction mechanisms. He demonstrated (with B. Vennesland) direct and stereospecific hydrogen transfer in biochemical oxidation-reduction reactions that require the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine ...
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Westheimer was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 January 1912. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932 and received his PhD in chemistry from Harvard University in 1935. Following a ...
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