Donald J. Cram Ph.D.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
Co-Nobelists: Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
The President's National Medal of Science - Chemistry 1993

Organic Chemist. Development, use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity. Taught himself solid geometry from book, winning scholarship. High emotional intelligence.

When word "research" entered my vocabulary, it had magic ring, suggesting search for new phenomena. Chemical research became my god, and conducting it, my act of prayer.

Biography

Title:

From Disign to Discovery
Volume 1 of Profiles, Pathways and Dreams Series
Profiles, pathways and dreams.
Autobiographies of eminent chemists

Author:

Donald J.Cram

Edition:

Illustrated

Publisher:

American Chemical Society,1990

ISBN:

0841217688, 9780841217683

Length:

146 pages

Subjects:

Science, Organic Chemistry

Title:

Times of My Life Oral History Transcript, 1996: Donald J. Cram

Author:

Donald J.Cram, Steven J. Novak, University of Calif., Los Angeles. Oral History Program

Edition/Format:

Print Book: Biography: Manuscript Archival Material: English

Publication:

Oral History Program, Dept.of Special Collections, University Library, University of Calif., Los Angeles

Summary:

Cram discusses his childhood in Vermont and continues through his education at Rollins College and the University of Nebraska, his wartime work as a research chemist, his doctoral work at Harvard University, and his career at UCLA. Major topics discussed include natural products chemistry, reaction mechanisms, host-guest chemistry, laboratory management, the evolution of the UCLA Dept. of Chemistry, Cram's consulting work, the process of writing articles and textbooks, Cram's Nobel Prize, and his philosophy and values.

Subjects:

Cram, Donald J., Boyer, Paul D. Fieser, Louis F. -- (Louis Frederick), -- 1899-1977.

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Name: Donald James Cram
Birth: 22 April 1919, Chester, VT, USA
Death: 17 June, 2001, Palm Desert, CA, USA
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Award: "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity"
Subject: organic chemistry
Portion of cash: 1/3
Biography
Books
Publications
Nobel Prize Effect
Eponyms
M.S.: M.S. 1942, Mentor Dr. Norman Cromwell, University of Nebraska
Ph.D.: Ph.D. 1947, Mentor Professor L.F. Fieser, Harvard University. National Research Council Fellowship. Ph.D.in 18 months.