Background
Sillen, Lars Gunnar was born on July 11, 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Oskar and Brita (Gentele) Sillen.
Sillen, Lars Gunnar was born on July 11, 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Oskar and Brita (Gentele) Sillen.
Fil kand, U. Stockholm, 1934, fil magazine 1936, fil licentiate (Doctor of Philosophy), 1937, fil doctor 1940.
Associate professor of chemistry Stockholm University, 1941-1948. Professor inorganic chemistry Chalmers’ Institute Technology, Goteborg, 1948-1950. Professor inorganic chemistry Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1950-1970, dean chemistry department, 1956-1960.
Arthur Doctorate. Little visiting professor of chemistry Massachusettes Institute Technology, spring 1957.
Visiting professor geochemistry University of California, San Diego, 1966. Hill Foundation visiting professor of University of Minnesota, 1967.
Visiting professor U. Central Venezuela, 1968. Consultant Swedish Research Institute National Defence, 1942-1968.
President commission equilibrium data analytical section, International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1953-1959.
Chairman of the executive committee 7th International Conference Coordination Chemistry, Stockholm-Uppsala, 1962.
Lars Gunnar Sillen has been listed as a noteworthy chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.
Member visiting committee Woods Hole Oceanographic Instruction, 1962-1965. Member Swedish Chemical Society (board), Swedenborg Institute, Swedish Numismatic Society, Swedish Motordrivers Temperance Society, Royal Swedish Academy Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Member of advisory board Acta Chem Scand, others
Married Birgit Bjernekull, April. Children: Gunnar, Bo, Birgitta, Lars.
