Oral history interview with Donald S. Noyce
- 1981-Jan-22
Donald Noyces comments on his childhood in Iowa, his years at Grinnell College, his experience at Columbia University as a graduate student, and his position at the University of California at Berkeley. Noyce also discusses the faculty, the chemistry administration, the changing atmosphere with respect to organic chemistry, his research, and his graduate students. Finally, he discusses the development of physical organic chemistry from the turn of the century to 1980.
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About the Interviewer
Leon Gortler is a professor of chemistry at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He holds AB and MS degrees from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Harvard University where he worked with Paul Bartlett. He has long been interested in the history of chemistry, in particular the development of physical organic chemistry, and has conducted over fifty oral and videotaped interviews with major American chemists.
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| Oral history number | 0297 |
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Interviewee biographical information
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Education
| Year | Institution | Degree | Discipline |
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| 1944 | Grinnell College | AB | Chemistry |
| 1945 | Columbia University | MA | |
| 1947 | Columbia University | PhD | Organic Chemistry |
Professional Experience
Columbia University
- 1946 National Institutes of Health Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
- 1948 to 1950 Instructor
- 1950 to 1955 Assistant Professor
- 1952 to 1960 Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Chemistry
- 1955 to 1960 Associate Professor
- 1960 to 1986 Professor
- 1974 to 1981 Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Chemistry
- 1981 to 1986 Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Chemistry
Honors
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| 1957 | Guggenheim Fellowship (Europe) |
| 1964 | National Science Foundation Senior Fellow |
| 1986 | Berkeley Citation, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1987 | Establishment of the annual Donald Sterling Noyce Prize, University of California, Berkeley |
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