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Isadore Perlman

March 31, 2020

Isadore Perlman (left) with associate and Frank Asaro (right), taken January 15, 1964 at Berkeley Lab. Photographer: Donald Cooksey

By Frank Asaro, Joseph Cerny, Samuel S. Markowitz, John O. Rasmussen, and Glenn T. Seaborg

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Gerhard Krohn Rollefson

March 31, 2020

By T. D. Stewart, R. E. Connick, and R. E. Powell

Gerhard Krohn Rollefson was associated with the University of

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On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products

March 31, 2020

If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs, that are too expensive to ship from Earth. University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) chemists...Read more about On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products

Charles William Tobias

March 30, 2020

By D. N. Hansen, H. C. Mel, R. H. Muller, and J. S. Newman

Charles William Tobias, a beloved and

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William Crowell Bray

March 30, 2020

By G. E. K. Branch, A. R. Davis, and J. H. Hildebrand

William Crowell Bray, Professor of Chemistry at the

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Edwin Franklin Orlemann

March 30, 2020

Orlemann was part of the chemistry research team to work on the Y-12 project at Oak Ridge during World War II.

By Donald S. Noyce, George Jura, and Charles W. Tobias

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Axel Ragnar Olson

March 30, 2020

College of Chemistry faculty in 1917. Axel Olson is seated on the left in the front row.

By G. E. Gibson T. D. Stewart G. K. Rollefson

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Charles Walter Porter

March 30, 2020

Chemistry faculty in front of newly built Gilman Hall 1917. C. Walter Porter is sixth from right in front row.

By James Cason, William F. Giauque, and Joel H. Hildebrand

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William Conger Morgan

March 30, 2020

William Conger Morgan was born in Albany, New York, June 21, 1874. After receiving the degree of A.B. from Yale University, he was awarded...Read more about William Conger Morgan

Robert Elwell Connick

March 29, 2020
By Gabor Somorjai and Judson King
Robert (“Bob”) Connick was born July 29, 1917, in Eureka, California, to Florence and Arthur Connick. His father was a banker...Read more about Robert Elwell Connick