Background
Stieglitz, Julius was born on May 26, 1867 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward and Hedwig (Werner) Stieglitz.
Stieglitz, Julius was born on May 26, 1867 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward and Hedwig (Werner) Stieglitz.
Brother of Alfred South. Graduate Real-gymnasium, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1886. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philisophy, University of Berlin, 1889.
(honorary Doctor of Science, Clark University, 1909. Doctor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 1916).
He was a teacher and organic chemist with a major interest in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. During the early stages of his career, he worked for Parke-Davis & Company in Detroit as a toxicologist. Following a short period of study with Victor Meyer at Göttingen, he returned to the United States. in 1890.
In 1892 Stieglitz started working at the University of Chicago, where his whole career until his retirement took place.
He began his career at the University of Chicago in 1892 as an unpaid docent, lecturing without salary and sustaining himself from student donations. In 1893 he was appointed assistant professor, and moved up through the ranks to become professor of Chemistry in 1905.
He served as department chair from 1915-1933. In 1933, he was named professor emeritus but continued to teach and serve as Board Chair of the American Chemical Society.
Doctor Stieglitz was very active in American College of Surgeons, serving as the Chicago Section Chair in 1904, and American College of Surgeons President in 1917.
He received honorary doctorates from Clark University (Doctor of Science) and the University of Pittsburgh (Doctor of Philosophy). The Julius was established using funds dedicated in his memorial legacy in 1940. The lecture was presented alternatively by the University of Chicago Chemistry department and the Chicago Section of the American College of Surgeons in consecutive years until 1994.
There was a pause in presentation from 1994 until 1999 until the funds built up to a level where they were sufficient to support a stipend of $1000 plus expenses for each year.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Washington Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president). Member International Commission Annual Tables Constants, 1915-1921. Member division of chemistry, National Research Council, 1917-1919 (Chairman of Commission synthetic drugs, 1917-1919.
Married Anna Stieffel, of Karlsruhe, Germany, August 27, 1891 (died 1933). Married second, Mary M. Rising, August 30, 1934.