Background
Dunitz, Jack David was born on March 29, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of William and Mildred (Gossman) Dunitz.
Dunitz, Jack David was born on March 29, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of William and Mildred (Gossman) Dunitz.
Bachelor of Science, Glasgow University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow University, 1947. Doctor of Science (honorary), Glasgow University, 1999.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Technion Haifa, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Weizmann Institute, 1992.
Fellow, DavyFaraday Research Laboratory, Royal Institute, London 1956-1957. Visiting appointments at la. State University 1965, University of Minnesota 1966, 1983, Tokyo University 1967, Technion, Haifa 1970, Cornell University 1976.
Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge 1968. Professor, of Chemical Crystallography, Eidgenbssische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federation Institute of Technology), Zurich 1957-1990. Fellow, several foreign acads., including Academia Europaea.
Centenary.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society London, Royal Society Chemistry (honorary), Academia Europaea. Member National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary), American Philosophical Society (foreign), Deutsche Akademie Leopoldina, American Chemical Society (Cope scholar 1997), American Crystallographic Association (Buerger award 1991), British Crystallographic Association, Swiss Crystallographic Society (honorary), Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (foreign), European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Swiss Chemical Society (honorary).
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science
Royal Society London
Royal Society Chemistry (honorary)
Academia Europaea; National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate)
American Academy Arts and Scis. (foreign honorary)
American Philosophical Society (foreign)
Deutsche Akademie Leopoldina
American Chemical Society (Cope scholar 1997)
American Crystallographic Association (Buerger award 1991)
British Crystallographic Association
Swiss Crystallographic Society (honorary)
Royal Netherlands Academy Sci. (foreign)
European Academy Scis. and Arts
Swiss Chemical Society (honorary).
Married Barbara Steuer, August 11, 1953. Children: Marguerite, Julia.