Background
Cotton, Frank Albert was born on April 9, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Helen (Taylor) Cotton.
Cotton, Frank Albert was born on April 9, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Helen (Taylor) Cotton.
Student, Drexel Institute Technology, 1947-1949; AB, Temple University, 1951; Doctor of Science, Temple University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955; Doctor rer. National (honorary), Bielefeld U., 1979; Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia University, 1980; Honorary Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, 1981; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Bordeaux, 1981; Honorary Doctor of Science, St. Joseph's U., 1982; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Louis Pasteur, 1982; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Valencia, 1983; Honorary Doctor of Science, Kenyon College, 1983; Honorary Doctor of Science, Technion-Israel Institute Technology, 1983; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Cambridge, 1986; Honorary Doctor of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitât, 1989; Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Southern California, 1989; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Rennes, 1992; Honorary Doctor of Science, Lomonosov U., 1992; Honorary Doctor of Science, Fujian Institute Research Honorary Doctor of Science, Chinese Academy Sciences, 1993; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Pisa, Italy, 1994; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Zaragoza, 1994; Honorary Doctor of Science, Cleveland State University, 1995; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Crete, 1996; Honorary Doctor of Science, Michigan State University, 1996; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Pierre and Marie Curie, 1997.
Instructor chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1957; assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957-1960; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960-1961; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961-1971; Robert A. Welch Distinguished professor of chemistry, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., since 1971; director Laboratory for Molecular Stucture and Bonding, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., since 1983. Cons. American Cyanamid, Stamford, Connecticut, 1958-1967, Union Carbide, New York City, since 1964. Todd professor of University Cambridge, 1985-1986.
Member NAS (chairman physical science 1985-1988, county 1991-1994, governor board National Research Council 1992-1994, Cosepup 1992-1994, chemical science board 1990, King Faisal International prize 1990, Robert A. Welch award in chemistry 1994), American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society (awards 1962, 74, Baekeland medal New Jersey section 1963, Nichols medal New York section 1975, Pauling medal Oregon and Puget Sound section 1976, Kirkwood medal New York section 1978, Gibbs medal Chicago sect.1980, Richards medal N.E. section 1986, Field Artillery Cotton medal Texas Agricultural and Mechanical section 1995, Priestley medal 1998), American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy Sciences (life), Royal Society Chemistry (honorary), Royal Danish Academy Sciences and Letters (honorary), Göttingen Academy Sciences, Societa Chimica Italiana(honorary), Indian Academy Sciences (honorary), Indian National Science Academy (honorary) Royal Society Edinburgh (honorary), American Philosophical Society, Academy Europea (honorary), Royal Society London (foreign), Institute de France (Academy des Sciences, foreign).
Married Diane Dornacher, June 13, 1959. Children: Jennifer Helen, Jane Myrna.