Robert Bruce King

Background

King, Robert Bruce was born on February 27, 1938 in Rochester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Samuel Joshua and Frances Katherine (Shelly) King.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, Oberlin College, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry, Harvard University, 1961; postgraduate, U. Pittsburgh, 1964-1966.

Career

Research chemist explosives department, E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1961-1962; fellow, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1962-1964; senior fellow, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1964-1966; research associate professor of chemistry, U. Georgia, Athens, 1966-1968; research professor of chemistry, U. Georgia, Athens, 1968-1973; regents' professor of chemistry, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1973; acting head chemistry Department, University Georgia, Athens, 1980-1982. Consultant Pressure Chemical Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1964-1975, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1980-1983, Westinghouse Savannah River Technology Center, since 1996. Visiting lecturer University College Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 1969, Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, Germany, 1971, National U. Mexico School Spectroscopy, Mexico City, 1979.

Visiting scientist Institute für Strahlenschemie, Max-Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany, 1976. Visiting professor U. Bristol, England, 1978, Osaka (Japan) U. Faculty Engineering, 1981. Tamkang visiting lecturer Tamkang U., Tamsui, Taiwan, 1985, others.

Achievements

• Robert Bruce King has been listed as a notable Chemistry educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Beyond the Quartic Equation (Modern Birkhäuser Classics)

    ( The objective of this book is to present for the first ...)

  • Applications of Graph Theory and Topology in Inorganic Cluster and Coordination Chemistry

    (Applications of Graph Theory and Topology in Inorganic Cl...)

  • Solar Energy: Chemical Conversion and Storage (Contemporary Issues in Science and Society)

    (The intense current interest in the development of solar ...)

  • Organometallic Syntheses

    (The volumes in the series Organometallic Syntheses presen...)

  • Organometallic Syntheses, Vol. 4

    (Over 160 detailed and tested procedures for the preparati...)

  • Inorganic Chemistry of Main Group Elements

    (Dr. King has won several awards and honors, including Fel...)

  • Inorganic Compounds with Unusual Properties (Advances in Chemistry Ser. 150)
  • Organometallic Syntheses Vol. I Transition-metal Compounds
  • Beyond the Quartic Equation (Modern Birkh?user Classics) by R. Bruce King (2008-11-13)
  • Inorganic Chemistry of Main Group Elements by R. Bruce King (1994-12-15)

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (councilor 1991-1993, award in pure chemistry 1971,award in inorganic chemistry 1991, Florida section award 1990, Southern Chemist award 1983, Georgia section award 1995), Chemical Society London, Materials Research Society, Athens Country Club, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jane Hermine Kempner, June 20, 1960. Children: Robert Bruce II, David Samuel.

Father:

Samuel Joshua King

Mother:

Frances Katherine (Shelly) King

Spouse:

Jane Hermine Kempner

child:

Robert Bruce II King

child:

David Samuel King