Background
Marcus, Rudolph Arthur was born on July 21, 1923 in Montreal. Son of Myer and Esther (Cohen) Marcus. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1958.
Marcus, Rudolph Arthur was born on July 21, 1923 in Montreal. Son of Myer and Esther (Cohen) Marcus. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1958.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, McGill University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, McGill University, 1946; Doctor of Science (honorary), McGill University, 1988; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1983; Doctor of Science (honorary), Polytechnic U., 1986; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Göteborg, Sweden, 1987; Doctor of Science (honorary), University N.B., Canada, 1993; Doctor of Science (honorary), Queens U., Canada, 1993; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Oxford, England, 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), Yokohama National U., 1996; Doctor of Science (honorary), University North Carolina, 1996; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Illinois, 1997; Doctor of Science (honorary), Technion-Israel Institute Technology, 1998.
Research staff member, RDX Project, Montreal, 1944-1946;
postdoctoral research associate, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1946-1949;
postdoctoral research associate, U. North Carolina, 1949-1951;
assistant professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1951-1954;
associate professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1954-1958;
professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1958-1964;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1978;
Arthur Amos Noyes professor of chemistry, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1978;
visiting professor theoretical chemistry, U. Oxford, 1975-1976;
Baker lecturer, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1991;
Linnett visiting professor of chemistry, Cambridge (England) University, 1996;
honorary professor, Fudan U., Shanghai, since 1994;
honorary professor, Institute Chemistry Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, since 1995;
honorary fellow, University College, Oxford
honorary fellow, University College, Oxford, since 1995. Professorial fellow University College, Oxford, 1975-1976. Member Courant Institute Mathematics Sciences, New York University, 1960-1961.
Trustee Gordon Research Confs., 1966-1969, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1968-1969, member county, 1965-1968. Member review panel Argonne National Laboratory, 1966-1972, chairman, 1967-1968. Member review panel Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1971-1974.
Member review committee Radiation Laboratory, U. Notre Dame, 1975-1980. Member panel on atmospheric chemistry climatic impact committee NAS-National Research Council, 1975-1978, member committee kinetics of chemical reactions, 1973-1977, chairman, 1975-1977, member committee chemical science, 1977-1979, member commission to survey opportunities in chemical science, 1982-1986. Member mathematics panel International Benchmarking of the United States Research Fields, 1996-1997.
Advising committee for chemistry National Science Foundation, 1977-1980, externaladv. board National Science Foundation center Photoinduced Charge Transfer, since 1990, member presidential chairs committee, Chile, 1994-1996. Advisor Center for Molecular Sciences, Chinese Academy Sciences and State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstableand Stable Species, Beijing, since 1995. Co-honorary president 29th International Chemistry Olympiad, 1997.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary, Executive Committee western section, co-chairman 1981-1984, research and planning committee 1989-1991), International Society Electrochemistry (honorary), Royal Society Chemistry (honorary), Royal Society London (honorary), Chinese Academy Sciences (honorary), International Academy Quantum Molecular Science (honorary), Royal Society Canada (honorary). Member NAS (honorary), American Philos.Soc. (honorary), Korean Chemical Society (honorary), American Physical Society, American Chemical Society (past division chairman, member Executive Committee, member of advisory board petroleum research fund, Irving Langmuir award in chemical physics 1978, Pter Debye award in physical chemistry 1988, Willard Gibbs medal Chicago section 1988, South Carolina.
Lind Lecture, East Tennessee section 1988, Theodore William Richards medal Northwestern section 1990, Edgar Fahs Smith award Philadelphia section 1991, Ira Remsen Memorial award Maryland. section 1991, Pauling medal Portland, Oregon, andPuget Sound section 1991, Auburn-Kosolapoff award 1996, Theoretical Chemistry award 1997, chemical & Engineering News award 1998).
Married Laura Hearne, August 27, 1949. Children: Alan Rudolph, Kenneth Hearne, Raymond Arthur.