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Rice University––MS600
P. O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251
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| Education: |
BA 1956 Rice University
PhD 1959 Rice University |
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| Present Position: |
D. R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science Rice University
(1988 - ) |
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| Former Positions: |
Dean, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Rice University,1988-1998
Interim Provost, Rice University 1993-1994
Head, Department of Chemistry, M. I. T. 1977-1982
Assistant Professor to Professor, Department of Chemistry, M. I. T. 1962-1988
Miller Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley 1960-1962
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Uppsala, Sweden1959-1960 |
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| Awards & Honors: |
Sigma Xi (1956)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1964-68)
J.S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (1969-70)
Fellow American Physical Society (1960)
U. S. Department of Energy E.O. Lawrence Award (1987)
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989)
ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award in Graduate Education
(1990)
Member, National Academy of Sciences (1991)
Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science (1993)
American Physical Society Earle K. Plyler Prize (1995)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Association of Rice University Alumni (1998) |
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| Memberships: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
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Committees,
Editorial boards, etc.
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Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1974-93.
NAS-NRC Board on Chemical Sciences & Technology ,1980-83, co-chair 1982-83.
Advisory Comm., Army Research Office–NRC, 1981-84, Steering Comm. 1983-86.
Chair, American Chemical Society, Division of Physical Chemistry 1984-85
External Rev. Comm., Chem.& Laser Sci. Div.,Los Alamos Nat. Laboratory,
1983-89.
Associate Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics, 1981-84.
Member, Executive Comm., American Physical Soc., Div. of Chem. Phys.,
1985-88.
Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1985-88.
Editorial Advisory Board, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 1985-89.
NSF Chemistry Division Oversight Review Committee, 1989.
University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry Visiting Comm., 1991.
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Physics Letters, 1992-97.
Univ. of Calif. Berkeley, Coll. of Chemistry Infrastruc. & Faciities Rev.
Comm.,
1993.
M. I. T. Department of Chemistry. Visiting Comm., 1994–.
Stanford University., Department of Chemistry Visiting Comm. 1996.
Member, Council of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997–2000.
Advisory Board, Cal. Tech. Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, 1999.
Calif. Inst. of Technol., Division of Chem. & Chem. Eng'g. Visiting Comm.,
1999-2004.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Adv. Comm. on Res. Progs. 2000–03.
Univ. Pennsylvania Chemistry Department External Visiting Committee, 2000.
Advisory Board for Engineering and Science, International University Bremen,
2000–
NRC Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2004- |
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