Background
PITZER, Kenneth Sanborn. PH n was born on January 6, 1914 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Russell and Flora S. Pitzer.
PITZER, Kenneth Sanborn. PH n was born on January 6, 1914 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Russell and Flora S. Pitzer.
California Institute of Technology, University of California.
Instructor, LTniv. of California, later Professor, of Chemistry 1937-1961. Technology Director Maryland Research Laboratory, Wash. 1943-1944; Assistant Dean, College, of Letters and Science 1947-1948.
Director of Research, Atomic Energy Commission, Wash. 1949-1951; Dean, College, of Chemistry 1951-1960. President, and Professor, of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston 1961-1968.
President, and Professor, of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 1968-1970. Professor, of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley since 1971. Chairman 1960-1962; Director Federation Reserve Bank of Dallas 1965-1968.
Trustee RAND Corporation 1962-1972, Pitzer College since 1966, Carnegie Fund for Advancement of Teaching 1966-1971, Center for Advanced Materials 1983-1984.
General Advisory Committee Atomic Energy Commission 1958-1965. Board of directors Owens-Illinois 1967-1986, American Council on Education 1967-1970, N.A.S. (member Council 1964-1968, 1973-1976), Commission, on National Resources 1973-1974.
Married Jean E. Mosher in 1935.