Background
HUISGEN, Rolf was born on June 13, 1920 in Gerolstein, Eifel. Son of Edmund Huisgen and Maria Flink.
HUISGEN, Rolf was born on June 13, 1920 in Gerolstein, Eifel. Son of Edmund Huisgen and Maria Flink.
Student, University Bonn, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Munich, 1943. Habil, University Munich, 1947.
Dr honoris causa, University Complutense de Madrid, 1975. Dr honoris causa, University Freiburg, 1977. Dr honoris causa, University Erlangen, 1980.
Dr honoris causa, University Wuerzburg, 1984. Dr honoris causa, University Regensburg, 1985. Dr honoris causa, Technological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993.
Associate professor University Tübingen, Germany, 1949-1952. Professor organic chemistry University Munich, 1952-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Carl Schurz professor University Wisconsin, 1959.
Baker lecturer Cornell University, 1963. Max Tishler lecturer Harvard University, 1963. Visiting professor University Florida, Gainesville, 1968, University California Davis, 1972, 76, 79, University Barcelona, 1978, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1980, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1987, University Milan, 1989, University Pavia, 1993, University Western Ontario, 1996, others.
Member Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas (Madrid), National Academy of Sciences (Washington), Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome), Istituto Lombardo, Accademia di Scienze e Lettere (Milan), Polish Academy of Sciences, French Chemical Society (honorary), Royal Society Chemistry London (honorary). Pharmaceutical Society Japan (honorary), Polish Chemical Society (honorary), others.
Married Trudl Schneiderhan. Children: Birge, Helga.