Personal Information

Date of Birth: July 21, 1923

Place of Birth: Montreal, Canada

Married: Laura Hearne, 1949 (three sons: Alan, Kenneth, and Raymond)

Citizenship: U.S.A. (naturalized 1958)

Education

B.Sc. in Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1943

Ph.D. in Chemistry, McGill University, 1946

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 1946-49

Postdoctoral Research, University of North Carolina, 1949-51

Assistant Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1951-54; Associate Professor, 1954-58; Professor, 1958-64; (Acting Head, Division of Physical Chemistry, 1961-62)

Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1960-61

Professor, University of Illinois, 1964-78 (Head, Division of Physical Chemistry, 1967-68)

Visiting Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, IBM, University of Oxford, England, 1975-76

Professorial Fellow, University College, University of Oxford, 1975-76

Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1978-

Professor (hon.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1994-

Professor (hon.), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1995-

Fellow (hon.), University College, University of Oxford, 1995-

Linnett Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 1996

Honorary Doctorates

D.Sc.h.c., University of Chicago, 1983

D.Sc.h.c., Polytechnic University, 1986

Fil.dr.h.c., University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1987

D.Sc.h.c., McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1988

D.Sc.h.c., University of New Brunswick, St. John, Canada, 1993

D.Sc.h.c. Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1993

D.Sc.h.c., University of Oxford, England, 1995

D.h.c., Yokohama National University, Japan, 1996

D.Sc.hc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996

D.Sc.h.c., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997

D.Sc.h.c., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, 1998

Honorary Memberships

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1970-

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973-

Foreign Member, The Royal Society (London), 1987-

Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 1987-

Member, American Philosophical Society, 1990-

Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1991-

Foreign Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1993-

Honorary Member, International Society of Electrochemistry, 1994-

Honorary Member, Korean Chemical Society, 1996-

Honorary Editor, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 1996-

Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1998-

Other Honors and Awards

Anne Molson Prize in Chemistry, McGill, 1943

NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1960-61

Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1960-63

Associate Member, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Illinois, 1968-69

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Technical University of Munich, 1976

Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Chemical Society, 1978

The Electrochemical Society Lecture, The Electrochemical Society, 1979, 1996

Robinson Medal, Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1982

Renaud Foundation Lectureship, American Chemical Society, Michigan State University Section, 1982

Nebraska Lectureship, American Chemical Society, University of Nebraska, 1982

Chandler Medal, Columbia University, 1983

Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 1985

Willard Gibbs Medal, American Chemical Society, Chicago Section, 1988

Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1988

Centenary Medal, Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1988

S. C. Lind Lectureship, American Chemical Society, East Tennessee Section, 1988

National Medal of Science, 1989

Theodore William Richards Medal, American Chemical Society, Northeastern Section, 1990

William Lloyd Evans Award, Ohio State University, 1990

Edgar Fahs Smith Award, American Chemical Society, Philadelphia Section, 1991

Remsen Award, American Chemical Society, Maryland Section, 1991

Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society, Oregon, Portland, and Puget Sound Sections, 1991

Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1992

Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, 1993

American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award, 1993

Honorary Citizen of Winnipeg, 1994

Lavoisier Medal, Société Française de Chimie, 1994

Treasure of Los Angeles Award, Central City Association of Los Angeles, 1995

Auburn - G. M. Kosolapoff Award, American Chemical Society, Auburn Section, 1996

Award in Theoretical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1997

Oesper Award, American Chemical Society, Cincinnati Section, 1997

Top 75 Award, Chemical and Engineering News, American Chemical Society, 1998

Other Professional Memberships

Alpha Chi Sigma

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Chemical Society

American Physical Society

Committees

Chairman, Division of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1964-65

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Gordon Research Conferences, 1968-69 (Member of Board, 1966-69, Council Member at Large, 1965-68)

Director, Zeta Corporation, Alpha Chi Sigma, 1966-70

Graduate Science Facilities Consultant, National Science Foundation, 1969-70

Advisory Board, Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 1970-72

Executive Committee, Division of Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1970-72

Chairman, National Research Council - National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Kinetics of Chemical Reactions, 1975-77 (Member, 1973-77)

National Research Council - National Academy of Sciences, Climatic Impact Committee, Panel on Atmospheric Chemistry, 1975-78

National Research Council - National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Chemical Sciences, 1977-79

Advisory Committee for Chemistry, National Science Foundation, 1977-80

Co-Chairman, Executive Committee, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Western Section, 1981-84 (Member, Executive Committee, 1979-84)

National Research Council - National Academy of Sciences Committee to Survey Opportunities in the Chemical Sciences, 1982-86

Committee on Research and Planning, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1989-91

Member, External Advisory Board, NSF Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, Rochester, NY, 1990-

Chile Presidential Chairs Committee, Republic of Chile, 1994-96

Advisor of the Center for Molecular Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1995-

Advisor of the State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Beijing, China, 1995-

Member, Mathematics Panel, International Benchmarking of U.S. Research Fields, NAS-NRC Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, 1996-1998

Council Member, American Philosophical Society, 1999-

Editorial Boards

Journal of Chemical Physics, 1964-66

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 1964-69

Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1968-72 1980-84

Accounts of Chemical Research, 1968-73

International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 1976-1980

Molecular Physics, 1977-1980

Chemical Physics Letters, 1980-1990

Laser Chemistry, 1982-

Advances in Chemical Physics, 1984-

Theoretica Chimica Acta, 1985-1988

International Advisor in Chemistry, World Scientific Publishing, 1987-

International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 1988-

Progress in Physics, Chemistry and Mechanics (China), 1989-

Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday Transactions, 1990-1995

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1992-

Chemical Physics Research (India) 1992-

Special Lectures (1963 - )

Plenary Lecture, Comité International de Thermodynamique et Cinétique Electrochemiques, USSR, 1963

Henry Werner Lectures, University of Kansas, 1963

International Summer School in Theoretical Chemistry, NATO, Constance, Germany, 1965

Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture, Western Reserve University, 1967

Venable Lecture, University of North Carolina, 1967

Seydel-Wooley Lectures, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1967

Foster Lectures, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1968

Plenary Lecture, International Society of Electrochemistry, Yugoslavia, 1971

International Summer School on Applications of Quantum Mechanics to Electrochemistry, Yugoslavia, 1971

Second International Summer School on Applications of Quantum Mechanics to Electrochemistry, Yugoslavia, 1972

Introductory Lecture, Theoretical Section, Faraday Discussion on Molecular Beam Scattering, University College, London, England, 1973

Lectures, Winter Institute in Theoretical Chemistry, Norway, 1976

Distinguished Lectures, University of Rochester, 1977

Summer Lectures, Northwestern University, 1977

Distinguished Visiting Professorship, University of Texas, 1977

Lectures, Seminar on Mechanisms and Kinetics of Electron Transfer, Switzerland, 1978

Kelly Lectures, Purdue University, 1978

William Draper Harkins Lecture, University of Chicago, 1980

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lectures in Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1980

I. M. Kolthoff Lectures, University of Minnesota, 1981

O. K. Rice Lectures, University of North Carolina, 1982

E. H. Boomer Lectures, University of Alberta, Canada, 1982

R. A. Robinson Memorial Lecture, Introductory Lecture, Faraday Society Discussion on Electron and Proton Transfer, The University, Southampton, England, 1982

Frontiers in Chemical Research Lectures, Texax A & M University, 1982

Charles Brockman Memorial Lecture, University of Georgia, 1982

Distinguished Lecture, 11th Peter A. Leermakers Symposium, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1983

Nieuwland Lecture, University of Notre Dame, 1983

Distinguished Lectures, Guelph-Waterloo Center for Graduate Work in Chemistry, Ontario, Canada, 1983

Charles Frederick Chandler Lecture, Columbia University, 1983

E. U. Condon Lecture, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1985

Sydney Golden Lecture, Brandeis University, 1985

Leland J. Haworth Distinguished Scientist Lectures, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, 1985-1987

Birch Lecture, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, 1985

Neckers Lecture, University of Southern Illinois, 1986

Krug Lecture, Alpha Chi Sigma, University of Illinois, 1986

Plenary Lecture, Sixth Euchem Conference on Organic Electrochemistry, Switzerland, 1986

Plenary Lecture, Sixth International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, France, 1986

Francis Clifford Phillips Lectures, University of Pittsburgh, 1987

Distinguished Lecture, 15th Peter A. Leermakers Symposium, Wesleyan University, 1987

Lectures, University of New Hampshire, 1988

Dartmouth Lecture, Dartmouth College, 1988

Joe L. Franklin Memorial Lecture, Rice University, 1988

Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture, Case Western Reserve University, 1988

Arthur D. Little Lectures, Northeastern University, 1988

Convocation Address, Faculties of Science and Graduate Studies and Research, McGill University, Canada, 1988

Centenary Lectures, Royal Society of Chemistry, Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham, Oxford, Southampton, Manchester, Strathclyde; Imperial College of Science and Technology; England, 1988

3M University Lectures, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1988

Plenary Lecture, Eighth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Sweden, 1989

Lectures, Summer School on Molecular Sciences, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 1989

Plenary Lecture, Fortieth International Society of Electrochemistry Meeting, Japan, 1989

Theodore Williams Richards Lecture, American Chemical Society, Northeastern Section, Harvard University, 1990

John Howard Appleton Lecture, Brown University, 1990

William Lloyd Evans Award Lecture, Ohio State University, 1990

Closing Lecture, Faraday Discussion on Structure and Dynamics of Reactive Transition States, England, 1991

Glenn Brown Lectures, Case Western Reserve University, 1991

Fritz London Memorial Lecture, Duke University, North Carolina, 1991

Opening Lecture, Satellite Meeting on "Electron Transfer," International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, Sophia-Antipolis, France, 1991

George Fisher Baker Lectures in Chemistry, Cornell University, 1991

Dupont Lecture, Harvey Mudd College, 1992

Northwest Lectureship in Physical Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Center, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Washington State University, and University of Washington, 1992

1991 Pauling Award Address, American Chemical Society, Oregon State University, 1992

C. A. McDowell Lectures, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1992

Nobel Lecture, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992

J. O. Hirschfelder Lectures, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993

Sigma Xi Edison Lecture, Washington, D.C., 1993

Convocation Address, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada, 1993

Convocation Address, Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen's University, Canada, 1993

Opening Lecture, Cursos de Verano, Universidad Complutense, Aguadulce, Spain, 1993

Blacet Lecture, University of California at Los Angeles, 1994

Opening Lecture, Accademia dei Lincei Symposium, Perugia, Italy, 1994

Special Nobel Laureate Panel, National Science Teachers Association, Anaheim, CA, 1994

Arthur D. Little Lectures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

Priestman Lectures, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada, 1994

Beatty Lecture, McGill University, Canada, 1994

Herzberg Lecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1994

Nelson J. Leonard Distinguished Lectures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994

Festkolloquium in honor of H. Gerischer, Berlin, Germany, 1994

Speaker, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Laureate Symposium, "Chemistry for Life," Winnipeg, Canada, 1994

Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture in honor of Ernest Yeager, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1994

Opening Lecture, Bicentennial Celebration in honor of Lavoisier, Congrès de la Société Française de Chimie, Lyon, France, 1994

Closing Lecture, Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics Symposium, Seville, Spain, 1994

F. E. Bartell Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan, 1994

Keynote Lecture, Open House, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 1994

Lecture tour, Ministry of Education, Republic of China, 1994

Lectures, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Hefei, China, 1994

Distinguished Lecture in Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1994

Kenneth S. Pitzer Lecture, University of California at Berkeley, 1995

Lecture, 15th Meeting of the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Lindau, Germany, 1995

Plenary Lecture, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 35th Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995

Opening Lecture, International Society of Electrochemistry, 46th Annual Meeting, Xiamen, China, 1995

Samuel Schrage Memorial Lecture in the History of Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995

Closs Lecture, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1995

Lecture, Solvay Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 1995

Opening Lecture, Symposium on Electron Transfer in Proteins and Supramolecular Assemblies at Interfaces, Kanagawa, Japan, 1996

Davis Lecture, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 1996

Matsen Lecture, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1996

Distinguished Lecture, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1996

Electrochemical Society Lecture, 189th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, 1996

Linnett Visiting Professor Lectures, University of Cambridge, England, 1996

Inaugural Symposium Lecture, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea, 1996

Twenty-fifth Anniversary Lecture, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea, 1996

Lecture, Nobel Symposium, Björkborn, Sweden, 1996

Nobel Laureates Conference, University of California at Irvine, 1996

Lecture, Electron Centennial Meeting, University of Cambridge, UK, 1997

George B. Kistiakowsky Lecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1997

Bryce Crawford Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1997

Plenary Lecture, Conference on Optical, Electronics and Magnetic Properties of Molecules, University of Cambridge, UK, 1997

Oesper Lecture, University of Cincinnati, OH, 1997

Plenary Lecture, Symposium on Chemistry, Centennial Celebration of Peking University, Beijing, China, 1998

Lecture, Science at the Turn of the Century-Twenty Years of Wolf Prizes, Jerusalem, Israel, 1998

Lecture, 16th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Lindau, Germany, 1998

Speaker, Renaissance Weekend, Beaver Creek, CO, 1998

Lecture, Polytechnic University, ACS Global Salute to Polymers, American Chemical Society, New York, 1999

Lecture, Centennial Meeting, Centennial Symposium on "The History of Chemical Physics", American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, 1999

Lecture, 9th Tohwa University International Symposium on Chemistry into the 21st Century, Japan, 1999