Background
Hawthorne, Marion Frederick was born on August 24, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. Son of Fred Elmer and Colleen (Webb) Hawthorne.
chemistry professor institute director
Hawthorne, Marion Frederick was born on August 24, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. Son of Fred Elmer and Colleen (Webb) Hawthorne.
Bachelor, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1949. Doctor of Science (honorary), Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy (Atomic Energy Commission fellow), University of California at Los Angeles, 1953.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Uppsala University, Sweden, 1992.
Research associate Iowa State College, 1953-1954. Research chemist Rohm & Haas Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1954-1956, group leader, 1956-1960, laboratory head Philadelphia, 1961. Professor chemistry University California, Riverside, 1962-1968, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968—1998, university professor chemistry, 1998—2006.
Director International Institute Nano and Molecular Medicine University Missouri, since 2006. Visiting lecturer Harvard University, 1960, visiting professor, 68. Visiting lecturer Queen Mary College, University London, 1963.
Visiting professor University Texas, Austin, 1974. Mentor Army Science Advisory Panel, 1974—1976. Member science advisory board United States Air Force, 1980—1986, National Research Council Board Army Science and Technology, 1986—1990.
Distinguished visiting professor Ohio State University, 1990. 1st Anton Burg lecturer University Southern California, 2004. Member director's external advisory board division M Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, 1991—1994.
Lecturer in field.
Honorary member Resolution of Missouri State Senate, 2009. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (Inorganic Chemistry award 1973, Nebraska Section award 1979, Distinguished Service Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry award 1988, Willard Gibbs medal 1994, Basolo medal 2001, named one of 1st Fellows 2009, Priestley medal 2009, Marshall Madison award (North Alabama Section) 2010). Member: National Academy of Sciences Board Army Science and Technology, International Society Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer (member executive committee 1992—2000, president 1996-1998), Göttingen Academy of Sciences (correspondent), American Academy Arts and Sciences, United States National Academy of Sciences (award in chemical science 1997), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (named Colonel Confederate Air Force 1984), Cosmos Club, Sigma Nu, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi (Monie A. Ferst award 2003).
Married Beverly Dawn Rempe, October 30, 1951 (divorced 1976). Children: Cynthia Lee, Candace Lee. Married Diana Baker Razzaia, August 14, 1977.