Jerome Karle

Jerome Karle
Born
Jerome Karfunkle

(1918-06-18)June 18, 1918
DiedJune 6, 2013(2013-06-06) (aged 94)
Resting placeColumbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Alma materCity College of New York
Harvard University
University of Michigan
Spouse
(m. 1942)
Children3
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985
Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2009[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
Doctoral advisorLawrence O. Brockway

Jerome Karle (born Jerome Karfunkle; June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Jain, Chelsi. "Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award". Atomic Heritage Foundation.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nobel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ NRL Scientists Receive 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, United States Naval Research Laboratory. Accessed September 22, 2009.
  4. ^ W.A. Hendrickson (2013) Jerome Karle (1918–2013), Nature 499(7459), pp 410.

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