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Donald J. Cram was an American chemist and university teacher. Born in Chester in 1919, he received his education at Rollins College, Harvard University, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He served as an employee at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his doctoral advisor was Louis Fieser. Cram was influenced by Paul Doughty Bartlett and Robert Burns Woodward.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His professional recognition included the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Willard Gibbs Award, the National Medal of Science, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Cram died of cancer in Palm Desert in 2001. His doctoral student was M. Frederick Hawthorne.
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Key facts
- Born
- April 22, 1919, Chester, Vermont
- Died
- June 17, 2001 (aged 82), Palm Desert, California
- Education
- Rollins College (BS) , University of Nebraska (MS) , Harvard University (PhD)
- Known for
- Cram's rule , Host–guest chemistry , phenonium ions , paracyclophanes
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987), Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1989), National Medal of Science (1993), Guggenheim fellowship (1955)
- Fields
- Chemistry
- Institutions
- UCLA , Merck & Co , MIT
- Theses
- Amino ketones, mechanism studies of the reactions of heterocyclic secondary amines with -bromo-, -unsaturated ketones. (1942) Syntheses and reactions of 2-(ketoalkyl)-3-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinones (1947)
- Doctoral advisor
- Louis Fieser
- Doctoral students
- M. Frederick Hawthorne , Norman L. Allinger
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1987
“for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chester
- Place of death
- Palm Desert
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Louis Fieser
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Residence
- California
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- date of birth
- 1919-04-22
- date of death
- 2001-06-17
- cause of death
- cancer
- influenced by
- Robert Burns Woodward
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Donald J. Cram
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Encyclopedic overview
Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 – June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They were the founders of the field of host–guest chemistry.
Early life and education
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