Alexander Jerry Kresge

Background

Kresge, Alexander Jerry was born on July 17, 1926 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1953.

Career

Research associate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1954-1955; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1957; associate chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1957-1960; from assistant professor to professor of chemistry, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1960-1974; chairman chemical group, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1974-1978; professor of chemistry, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1974-1992; professor emeritus, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1992. Visiting lecturer Bedford College, London, 1964-1965, Mardi Gras lecturer Louisiana State University, 1987. Mobay lecturer U. N.H., 1982.

Nelson J. Leonard lecturer University of Illinois, 1986, Frontiers in Chemical lecturer Wayne State University, 1992, Nakamoto lecturer Marquette U., 1995. Visiting professor University of Oxford, 1965, U. Toronto, 1970-1971, University of Michigan, 1979, U. Lausanne, 1981, Technology U. Denmark, 1982, U. San Paulo, 1984, Federal U. Santa Catarina, 1984, Kyoto U., 1985. Guest professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965.

Visiting scientist Fritz Haber Institute, 1981, U. Goteborg,1983. Member Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Isotopes, vice chairman, 1967, chairman, 1968.

Achievements

• Alexander Jerry Kresge has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada, Chemical Institute Canada. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Royal Society Chemistry (Ingold lecturer 1995), Argentinian Society Organic Chemistry (honorary).

Connections

Married; 3 children.