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UCLA Department of Chemistry
Chemistry
1970
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In recognition of his many innovative and perceptive contributions
to the study of mechanism in organic chemical reactions."
Presented
by President Richard Nixon at a White House Ceremony on May 21,
1971.
Winstein earned his B.A. (1934) and his M.A. (1935)
from UCLA, and his Ph.D. from Cal Tech (1938). He returned to UCLA
in 1941, where he taught until 1969. His colleagues noted that
"his research results started whole trends which can be identified
with vast bibliographies involving many distinguished investigators
the world over." His impact as a teacher can be gauged in part
by the fact that 72 students he supervised earned the Ph.D., and
86 postdoctoral fellows came from all parts of the world to collaborate
with him.
Among his many honors, UCLA bestowed upon him one
of the first Distinguished Teaching Awards (1963), Faculty Research
Lecturer (1955), and Dickson Achievement Award as a UCLA alumnus
(1958). The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry named the
annual Winstein lecture in his honor. In 1962, Winstein was designated
the California Scientist of the Year.
Born Montreal, Canada, Oct. 8, 1912. Died Los Angeles,
Nov. 23, 1969.
Based on an entry by D.J. Cram, T.A. Geissman, C.
Speroni and W.G. Young in 1970: University of California In Memoriam.
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