Background
TURKEVICH, Anthony was born on July 23, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Reverend L. J. Turkevich and Anna (Chervinsky) Turkevich.
TURKEVICH, Anthony was born on July 23, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Reverend L. J. Turkevich and Anna (Chervinsky) Turkevich.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1937; Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1940.
Research associate spectroscopy physics Department, University Chicago, 1940-1941;
assistant professor, research on nuclear transformations, Enrico Fermi Institute and chemistry department, 1946-1948;
associate professor, Enrico Fermi Institute and chemistry department, 1948-1953;
professor, Enrico Fermi Institute and chemistry department, 1953-1986;
James Franck professor of chemistry, Enrico Fermi Institute and chemistry department, 1965-1970;
Distinguished Ser. professor, Enrico Fermi Institute and chemistry department, 1970-1986;
professor emeritus, Enrico Fermi Institute and chemistry department, 1986. War research Manhattan Project, Columbia University, 1942-1943, University of Chicago, 1943-1945, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1945-1946. Participant test first nuclear bomb, Alamagordo, New Mexico, 1945, in theoretical work on and test of thermonuclear reactions, since 1945, chemical analysis of moon, since 1967.
Cons.to Atomic Energy Commission laboratories. Fellow Los Alamos Science Laboratory, since 1972.
Delaware Geneva Conference on Nuclear Test Suspension, 1958, 59. Fellow American Physical Society. Member New York Academy of Sciences (Pregel award 1988), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (nuclear applications award 1972), American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Ireene Podlesak, September 20, 1948. Children: Leonid, Darya.