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.

Eponyms

The D.J. and J.M. Cram Chair of Organic Chemistry

“When he died, Cram endowed a Chair, the D.J. and J.M. Cram Chair of Organic Chemistry, which is used to attract and support an outstanding organic chemist to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA.” - UCLA

The Donald J. Cram Lecture

“Professor Donald J. Cram was a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who taught and conducted research at UCLA for more than 50 years.  An endowment was established in his memory and it began sponsoring departmental events in 2002. The first of these was the “50 Year of Cram’s Rule” symposium. This was followed by the Cram Debate in 2003 and the Cram Colloquy in 2005. Professor Patrick Harran, the first Donald J. Cram Chair in Organic Chemistry, established and hosts the Cram Lectureship, inviting renowned, international chemists to meet with the faculty and students in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.”- UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Cram Conference Room – A conference room located on the campus of UCLA in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry buildings named after Donald J. Cram

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