Background
Hammett, Louis Plack was born on April 7, 1894 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Philip Melancthon and Marie Louise (Plack) Hammett.
(Structural theory: Nonelectrolytes. Electrolytes. Equilib...)
Structural theory: Nonelectrolytes. Electrolytes. Equilibrium and energy of reactions. Reaction rates and mechanisms: energies, free energies, and entropies of activations. The displacement reaction. Stereochemistry of the displacement reactions. The effect of structure of reactivity. Enolization and related reactions. The quantitative study of acids and bases. Carbonium-ion reactions. Carbonyl-addition reactions. Atom and radical reactions: other redox reactions.
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Hammett, Louis Plack was born on April 7, 1894 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Philip Melancthon and Marie Louise (Plack) Hammett.
AB, Harvard University, 1916; postgraduate, Technology Hochshule, Zurich, 1916-1917; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1923; Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia University, 1962.
Civilian chemist Bureau Aircraft Production, United States Army, 1917-1919;
commercial research with E.C. Worden, Millburn, New Jersey, 1919-1920;
with, Columbia University, 1920-1987;
successively instructor chemistry, assistant professor, associate professor, Columbia University, 1935;
professor, Columbia University, 1935-1960;
Mitchill professor of chemistry, Columbia University, 1960-1961;
professor emeritus, Columbia University, 1961-1987. On leave for work on explosives under National Defense Research Committee, 1941-1946. Distinguished visiting lecturer University of Southern California, 1962.
Distinguished visiting professor Pennsylvania State University, 1964, Purdue University, 1964. Research director Explosives Research Laboratory, 1943-1946. Chairman division chemistry and chemical technical National Research Council, 1946-1947.
Chairman of the Board health Hampton Township, New Jersey, 1964.
(Structural theory: Nonelectrolytes. Electrolytes. Equilib...)
Fellow Chemical Society London (honorary). Member American Chemical Society (chairman New York section 1939, board directors 1956-1961, Chairman, Board Of Directors 1961), American Association of University Professors, National Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Janet Thorpe Marriner, June 4, 1919. Children: Philip Marriner, Jane.