Kurt Egon Shuler

Background

Shuler, Kurt Egon was born on July 10, 1922 in Nuremberg, Germany. Son of Louis and Donie (Wald) Schulherr. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1944.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic U. American, 1949.

Career

Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1949-1951; senior staff member, assistant group supervisor, chemical physics group, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, 1951-1955; supervisory physical chemist, National Bureau Standards, 1955-1958; consultant to director, National Bureau Standards, 1958-1961; assistant director, senior research fellow, National Bureau Standards, 1963-1968; research staff, science adviser to vice president research, General Motors Corporation, 1958; special assistant to director research, Institute Defense Analyses, 1961-1963; visiting professor of chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1966-1967; professor of chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1968-1991; professor emeritus, University of California, San Diego, since 1991; department chairman, University of California, San Diego, 1968-1970, 84-87. Consultant in field; member Solvay Conference, 1962, 78. Member of advisory panel, chemistry division National Science Foundation, 1973-1975.

Achievements

• Kurt Egon Shuler has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Washington Academy Science. Member American Chemical Society, Washington Philosophical Society.

Connections

Married Beatrice Gwyn London, November 11, 1944.

Father:

Louis Schulherr

Mother:

Donie (Wald) Schulherr

Spouse:

Beatrice Gwyn London