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Roberts, John D. was born on June 8, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Allen Andrew and Flora (Dombrowski) Roberts.
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Organic chemistry : methane to macromolecules. Author: John D Roberts; Ross Stewart; Marjorie C Caserio. Publisher: Menlo Park, Calif. : W.A. Benjamin, 1971. OCLC Number: 5574631. Notes: Includes index. Description: xiv, 850 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Roberts, John D. was born on June 8, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Allen Andrew and Flora (Dombrowski) Roberts.
AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1944. Doctor in Natural Sciences (honorary), University Munich, 1962.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Temple University, 1964. Doctor of Science (honorary), Notre Dame University, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wales, 1993.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Scripps Research Institute, 1996.
Instructor chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1944-1945;
National Research Council fellow chemistry, Harvard University, 1945-1946;
instructor chemistry, Harvard University, 1946;
instructor chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946;
assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1950;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950-1952;
visiting professor, Ohio State University, 1952;
visiting professor, Stanford University, 1973-1974;
professor organic chemistry, California Institute Technology, 1953-1972;
institute professor of chemistry, California Institute Technology, 1972-1988;
institute professor of chemistry emeritus, lecturer, California Institute Technology, since 1988;
dean of faculty, vice president, provost, California Institute Technology, 1980-1983;
lecturer, California Institute Technology, since 1988;
chairman division chemistry and chemical engineering, California Institute Technology, 1963-1968;
acting chairman, California Institute Technology, 1972-1973. Foster lecturer U. Buffalo, 1956. Mack Memorial lecturer Ohio State University, 1957.
Falk-Plaut lecturer Columbia University, 1957. Reynaud Foundation lecturer Michigan State University, 1958. Bachmann Memorial lecturer University of Michigan, 1958.
Juris Doctor Roberts Symplectr. Harvard University, 1995. Rhodes-Rawlin lecturer U. Wyoming, 1995.
Bristol-Meyers Squibb lecturer Syracuse University, 1995;, visiting professor Harvard, 1958-1959,M. Tishler lecturer, 1965. Reilly lecturer Notre Dame U., 1960. American-Swiss Foundation lecturer, 1960.
O.M. Smith lecturer Oklahoma State University, 1962. Master of Science Kharasch Memorial lecturer University of Chicago, 1962. K. Folkers lecturer University of Illinois, 1962;Phillips lecturer Haverford College, 1963.
Visiting professor U. Munich, 1962. Sloan lecturer U. Alaska, 1967. Distinguished visiting professor U. Iowa, 1967.
Sprague lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1967. Kilpatrick lecturer Illinois Institute Technology, 1969. Pacific Northwest lecturer, 1969.
E.F. Smith lecturer University of Pennsylvania, 1970. Visiting professor of chemistry Stanford University, 1973-1974. South Carolina. Lind lecturer U. Tennessee.
Arapahoe lecturer U. Colorado, 1976. Mary E. Kapp lecturer Virginia Commonwealth U., 1976. R.T. Major lecturer U. Connecticut, 1977.
Nebraska lecturer American Chemical Society, 1977. Leermakers lecturer Wesleyan University, 1980. Iddles Memorial lecturer U. N.H.,1981.
Arapahoe lecturer Colorado State University, 1981. Winstein lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1981. Gilman lecturer Iowa State University, 1982.
Marvel lecturer University of Illinois, 1982. Visiting lecturer Institute Photographic Chemistry, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1983, King lecturer Kansas State University, 1984, Lanzhou U., People's Republic of China, 1985, Davis lecturer U. New Orleans, 1986, Du Pont lecturer Harvey Mudd College, 1987, 3M visiting lecturer St. Olaf College, 1987, Swiftlectr. California Institute Technology, 1987, Berliner lecturer Bryn Mawr College, 1988.
Friend E. Clark lecturer W. Virginia U., 1990. George H. Büchi lectr.MIT, 1991. Henry Kuivala lecturer State University of New York Albany, 1991, Fuson lector U. Nevada, 1992.
Director, consultant editor Washington Benjamin, Inc., 1961-1967. Consultant E.I.du Pont Company, since 1950. Member of advisory panel chemistry National Science Foundation, 1958-1960, chairman, 1959-1960, chairman divisional committee mathematics, physical engineering science, 1962-1964, member mathematics and physical science division committee, 1964-1966.
Chemistry advisory panel AirForce Office Science Research, 1959-1961. Chairman chemistry section National Academy Sciences, 1968-1971. Chairman National Academy Sciences (Class I), 1976-1978, councillor, 1980-1983, nominating committee, 1992.
Director Organic Syntheses, Inc.
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Trustee liberal studies.B. Leakey Foundation, 1983—1992. Board directors Coleman Chamber Music Association. Advisory committee California Competitive Technology, 1989—1992.
Fellow: Royal College of Surgeons. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science (councillor 1992-1995), National Academy of Sciences 1980-1983, (committee on science and engineering public policy 1983-1987, Chemical Sciences award 1999, award for chemistry in service to society 2009), Royal Society Chemistry, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society (council member 1983-1986), American Chemical Society (chairman organic chemistry division 1956-1957, award pure chemistry 1954, Harrison Howe award 1957, Roger Adams award in organic chemistry 1967, Arthur C. Cope award 1994, Chemical Pioneer award 1994, Nakanishi prize 2001, Auburn Kosolapoff award 2003), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi.
Married Edith Mary Johnson, July 11, 1942. Children: Anne Christine, Donald William, John Paul, Allen Walter.