Peter Brendan Dervan

Background

Dervan, Peter Brendan was born on July 28, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peter Brendan and Ellen Dervan.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Boston College, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1972.

Career

Assistant professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1973-1979; associate professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1979-1982; professor of chemistry, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1982-1988; Bren professor of chemistry, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1988; chairman division chemistry & chemical engineering, since 1994. Advisory board American College of Surgeons Monographs, Washington, 1979-1981.

Achievements

• Peter Brendan Dervan has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Sciences. Member NAS, American Chemical Society (Nobel Laureate Signature award 1985, Harrison Howe award 1988, Arthur C. Cope award, 1993, Willard Gibbs medal, 1993, Rolf Sammet prize, 1993, William H. Nichols medal 1994, Kirkwood medal 1998, Alfred Boder award 1999), Institute.Medicine (Remsen award 1998, Kirkwood medall998, American College of Surgeons Alfred Boder award 1999).

Connections

Married Jackqueline K. Barton. Children: Andrew, Elizabeth.

Father:

Peter Brendan Dervan

Mother:

Ellen Dervan

Spouse:

Jackqueline K. Barton

child:

Andrew Dervan

child:

Elizabeth Dervan