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University of Adelaide. Queen Mary, University of London.
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Rowland Pettit
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Pettit was noted for creation of Cyclobutadieneiron tricarbonyl. The University of Texas said that Pettit was an "internationally recognized organic chemist". 1927 born in Portuguese Lincoln, Australia
1949 B.Sc, University of Adelaide
1950 M.Sc, University of Adelaide
1953 Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry, University of Adelaide
1954 2nd Doctor of Philosophy, Queen Mary College in London
1957 assistant professor, the University of Texas, Austin
1960 associate professor, the University of Texas, Austin
1963 professor of chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin
1968 Southwest Regional Award, the American Chemical Society
1970-1974 Chairman of Department of Chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin
1973 elected to the National Academy of Sciences
1980 advanced to West. T. Doherty Professor in Chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin
1981 dies in Austin, Texas.
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Pettit was head of the Department of Chemistry and W. T. Doherty Professor in Chemistry at the University of Texas, Austin, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Chemical Society, a member of the Chemical Society of London, a recipient of the American Chemical Society"s the Southwest Regional Award, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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National Academy of Sciences.
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United States