Background
Corey, Robert Brainard was born on August 19, 1897 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Brainard and Caroline Louise (Heberd) Corey.
Corey, Robert Brainard was born on August 19, 1897 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Brainard and Caroline Louise (Heberd) Corey.
Bachelor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 1919, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell, 1924.
Also working with Pauling was Herman Branson. Their discoveries were remarkably correct, with even the bond lengths being accurate until about 40 years later. A childhood cancer victim, Corey received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from Cornell University (Marsh, p 52-53).
At Caltech, the trio (Pauling, Corey and Branson) published a series of 8 articles in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The most revolutionary of the 8 articles in PNAS is the one, written on February 28, 1951. That date was also Pauling"s 50th birthday.
lieutenant was called "The Structure of Proteins: Two Hydrogen-Bonded Helical Configurations of the Polypeptide Chain".
Fellow John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1951-1953. Member National Academy Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallog. Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Dorothy Gertrude Paddon, July 7, 1930.