Background
KLEMPERER, William was born on October 6, 1927 in New York, United States. Son of Paul Klemperer and Margit (Freund) Klemperer.
KLEMPERER, William was born on October 6, 1927 in New York, United States. Son of Paul Klemperer and Margit (Freund) Klemperer.
AB, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1954. Doctor of Science, University Chicago, 1996.
Instructor chemistry Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954-1957, assistant professor, 1957-1961, associate professor, 1961-1965, professor, since 1965. Assistant director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1979-1981. Visiting scientist Bell Telephone Laboratory, 1963-1983.
Evans lecturer Ohio State University, 1981, Pratt lecturer University Virginia, 1984, Rollefson lecturer University California, 1985, Oesper lecturer University Cincinnati, 1987, Kolthoff lecturer University Minnesota, 1987, Mary E. Kapp lecturer Virginia Commonwealth University, 1987, Linus Pauling Distinguished lecturer Oregon State University, 1988, Harry Emmett Gunning lecturer University Alberta, Canada, 1988, Fritz London Memorial lecturer Duke University, 1989, Hinshelwood lecturer Oxford University, England, 1989, Neckers lecturer Southern Illinois University, 1990. George C. Pimentel memorial lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1992, visiting Miller professor, 1998. Joe L. Franklin memorial lecturer Rice University, 1994, E.K.C. Lee Fellowship lecturer University California, Irvine, 1994.
Richard C. Lord lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997. Bernstein lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1997.
Served with A.C., United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (Earle Plyler prize 1983). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Chemical Society (Irving Langmuir award 1980, Peter Debye award in physical chemistry 1994, E. Bright Wilson award in spectroscophy 2001, Remsen award Maryland section 1992).
Married Elizabeth Cole, January 12, 1949. Children: Joyce Hillary, Paul, Wendy Judith.