Background
Hackerman, Norman was born on March 2, 1912 in Baltimore. Son of Jacob and Anne (Raffel) Hackerman.
academic administrator chemist
Hackerman, Norman was born on March 2, 1912 in Baltimore. Son of Jacob and Anne (Raffel) Hackerman.
AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1935.
Assistant professor Loyola College, Baltimore, 1935—1939. Research chemist Colloid Corporation, 1936—1940. Assistant chemist United States Coast Guard, Staten Island, 1939—1941.
Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1941—1943. Research chemist Kellex Corporation, 1944—1945. Assistant professor chemistry University Texas, 1945—1946, associate professor, 1946—1950, professor, 1950—1970, chairman department chemistry, 1952—1961, director corrosion research laboratory, 1948—1961, dean research & sponsored programs, 1960—1961, vice president, provost, 1961—1963, vice chancellor academy affairs, 1963—1967, president, 1967—1970, professor emeritus chemistry, 1985—2007, president emeritus, 2006—2007.
Professor chemistry Rice University, Houston, 1970—1985, Distinguished professor emeritus, 1985—2007, president, 1970—1985, president emeritus, 1985—2007. Chairman Gordon Corrosion Research Conference, 1950. Consultant in corrosion, 1946—2007.
Chairman Inter Society Corrosion Committee, 1956—1958, Gordon Research Conference on Surface Chemistry, 1959. Member national science board National Science Foundation, 1968—1980. Chairman, 1974—1980; member Defense Science Board, 1978—1985.
Chairman science advisory board Welch Foundation, 1982—2007. Chairman board energy studies NAS/National Research Council Commission Natural Resources, 1974—1977. Member Energy Research Advisory Board, 1980—1982, Texas Governor's Task Force on Higher Education, 1981—1982.
Trustee MITRE Corporation, 1980—1985.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (Phillip Hauge Abelson prize 1987), American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy Sciences, 1978. Member American Chemical Society (board editors 1956-1962, Executive Committee colloid division 1955-1958, chairman chemistry and public affairs committee 1982-1988,Southwest Regional award 1965, Charles Lathrop Parsons award 1987), Electrochemical Society (president 1957-1958, Palladium medal 1965, Edward Goodrich Acheson award 1984), Faraday Society, National Corrosion Engineers (board director 1952-1955, Chairman of Commission education Corrosion Research Council 1957-1960), Argonne Universities Association ( chairman of the board of trustees 1969-1973), National Academy Sciences, 1971, American Philosophical Society, 1972, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, PhiKappa Phi.
Married Gene Allison Coulbourn, August 25, 1940 (deceased 2002). Children: Patricia Gale, Stephen Miles, Sally Griffith, Katherine Elizabeth.