31 October 1986 Robert Sanderson Mulliken, 7 June 1896
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R e t r o s p e c t R obert Mulliken was an honourable man and a dedicated scientist. A more culti vated, hard-working and fair-minded person you could not hope to meet. His scientific papers display a rare attention to detail, and a Mulliken misprint is a collector’s piece. If his papers are exceptionally difficult to read, that is partly because of their subject matter, but partly also because most of them have the character of soliloquies rather than messages to other scientists. He may have been less successful in relating to people than in unlocking nature’s secrets, but at least one of his collaborations generated ideas that altered the whole edifice of molecular science. on February 5, 2018 http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Downloaded from 352 Biographical Memoirs 1917-20 1932-33 1921-25 1930 and 1932-33 1952-54 1952-53 1917-18 1919 1926-28 1928-31 1931-61 1956-61 1961-83 1964-72 1942-45 1955 1960 1962 1962 1965 1965 1918 1939 1960 1967 1967 C u r r i c u l u m v i t a e Education: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago 111. Scholarships and fellowships: National Research Council Fellow, University of Chicago and Harvard University Guggenheim Fellow, Germany and Europe Fulbright Scholar, Oxford University Visiting Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford Career summary: Junior Chemical Engineer, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington D.C. Assistant in Rubber Research, New Jersey Zinc Company, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington Square College, New York University Associate Professor of Physics, University of Chicago Professor of Physics (and Chemistry, 1961), University of Chicago Ernest de Witt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Distinguished Service Professor of Physics and Chemistry, University of Chicago Distinguished Research Professor of Chemical Physics, Florida State University (January to March) Additional professional positions held: Director, Editorial Work and Information, Plutonium Project, University of Chicago Scientific Attach^, U.S. Embassy in London Fisher baker Lecturer, Cornell University Lecturer, Indian Atomic Energy Establishment, Bombay Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Silliman Lecturer, Yale University Jan van Geuns Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam Military record: Private, First Class, Chemical Warfare Service, U.S. Army Honorary degrees: Sc.D., Columbia University Ph.D., University of Stockholm Sc.D., Marquette University Sc.D., Cambridge University on February 5, 2018 http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Downloaded from Robert Sanderson Mulliken 353
Professional awards and academic honours: Bronze Medal Award, University of Liege Theodore William Richards Gold Medal, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society Gilbert Newton Lewis Gold Medal, California Section of the American Chemical Society Peter Debye Award, California Section of the American Chemical Society John Gamble Kirkwood Award, New Haven Section of the American Chemical Society Willard Gibbs Medal Award, Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society Gold Medal Award for Scientific Achievement, City College Chemistry Alumni Association, and 15th Bicentennial Lecturer, City College of New York. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden Chicagoan of the Year Award, Chicago Press Club Other affiliations American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Chemical Society American Philosophical Society National Academy of Sciences Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.) Quadrangle Club (Chicago, Illinois) Honorary Fellow: Chemical Society of Great Britain Indian National Academy of Science Foreign Member: Royal Society of London Honorable Member: Society de Chimie Physique Royal Irish Academy Chemical Society of Japan Corresponding Member: Societe Royale des Science de Li&ge S o u r c e s a n d a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s It is a pleasure to acknowledge the help of Robert Mulliken’s friends and colleagues. Leon M. Stock, Chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Chicago, kindly provided a list of publications and other biographical information. Bernard Ransil made available a copy of the autobiography, and was kind enough to comment in detail on an early draft of this memoir. Michael Kasha has allowed me to quote freely from his 1985 essays entitled Four great personalities o f science. John Platt sent me reprints of his articles in Science on Mulliken and on “Strong Inference”. Others who have provided recollections and anecdotes include R.P. Bell, G. Herzberg, F. Hund, W.C. Price, D.A. Ramsay, N. Sheppard and B.A. Thrush. I am most grateful to them all. The photograph of Mulliken, taken in about 1975, was kindly supplied by his daughter Lucia, Mrs John P. Heard. It appeared as the frontispiece to Selected papers of Robert S. Mulliken - a veritable mine of information about his life and work. Robert Mulliken’s voluminous scientific and personal papers have been given by the family to the Archives of the University of Chicago. 1948 1960 1960 1963 1964 1965 1965 1966 1966 Member: on February 5, 2018 http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Downloaded from 354 Biographical Memoirs P a p e r s b y R.S.
M u l l i k e n r e f e r r e d t o i n t h e t e x t * B 13 1924 B 41 1928 B 45 1928 B 55 1930 B 75 1933 B 78 1934 B 83 1934 B 92 1935 B 100 1937 B 136 1950 B 145 1952 B 162 1955 B 164 1955 B 204 1965 B 211 1967 B 238 1965 B 239 1975 B 250 1990 Mulliken, R.S. The band spectrum of boron monoxide. Nature, 114,349-50. Mulliken, R.S. The assignment of quantum numbers for electrons in molecules. I. Phys.Rev. 32,186-222. Mulliken, R.S. Interpretation of the atmospheric absorption bands of oxygen. Phys.Rev. 32, 880-887. Mulliken, R.S. Report on notation for spectra of diatomic molecules. Phys.Rev. 32, 611-629. Mulliken, R.S. electronic structures of polyatomic molecules and valence. Magnetism of B2H6 Phys.Rev. 43, 765. Mulliken, R.S. Symbols and names for the hydrogen isotopes. Science, N.Y. 79,228-229. Mulliken. R.S. New electroaffinity scale; together with data on valence states and on valence ionization potentials and electron affinities. J.Chem.Phys.2, 782-793. Mulliken, R.S. Electronic structures of molecules. XIII. Diborane and related molecules. J.Chem .Phys.3, 635-645. Mulliken, R.S. Some proposals concerning nomenclature and symbols for polyatomic molecules. J .P h ys.C h em .41,159-173. Mulliken, R.S. Structures of complexes formed by halogen molecules with aromatic and with oxygenated solvents. 72, 600-8. Mulliken, R.S. Magic formula, structure of bond energies, and isovalent hybridization. J.Phys.Chem.56,295-311. Mulliken. R.S. Electronic population analysis on laco-mo molecular wave functions. IV. Bonding and antibonding in lcao and valence-bond theories. J.Chem.Phys. 23,2343-6. Mulliken, R.S. Report on notation for the specta of polyatomic molecules. J.Chem.Phys.23,1997-2011. Mulliken, R.S. Molecular scientists and molecular science: some reminiscences. J.Chem.Phys. 43, S2-S11. Mulliken, R.S. Electrons, what they are and what they do. (High school essay) Chemistry 40,13-15. Mulliken, R.S. Selected ploddings o f Robert S. Mulliken (ed. D.A. Ramsay and J. Hinze). Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. Mulliken, R.S. William Draper Harkins Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc., 47, 49-81, Washington D.C.: Natinal Academy of Sciences. Mulliken, R.S. (ed. B.J. Ransil) Robert S. Mulliken. Life o f a scientist. New York: Springer-Verlag (In the press.) * The complete bibliography appears on the accompanying microfiche. on February 5, 2018 http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Downloaded from Download 328.54 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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