Background
Grimes, Russell Newell was born on December 10, 1935 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Newell Cleveland and Marion Esther (Zehner) Grimes.
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Russell Newell Grimes
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Russell Newell Grimes, American Chemistry educator, inorganic chemist. Grantee Office Naval Research, 1965-1983, Army Research Office, since 1983, National Science Foundation, since 1976; Fulbright senior research scholar, New Zealand, 1974-1975; recipient Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research prize, 1996.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Lafayette College, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1962; postdoctoral, Harvard University, 1962; postdoctoral, University of California, Riverside, 1962-1963.
Career
Assistant professor of chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1963-1968; associate professor of chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1968-1973; professor of chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1973; department chairman chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1981-1984. Guest professor of University Canterbury, New Zealand, 1974-1975, U. Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1986.
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Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (secretary-treasurer inorganic division 1981-1984, grantee since 1965), Corporation Inorganic Syntheses, Sigma Xi (President's and Visitors' research prize 1981, 85, 96).
Connections
Married Nancy Farrow Hall, September 21, 1962. Children— Susan, David.
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Nationality
American
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Grantee Office Naval Research, 1965-1983, Army Research Office, since 1983, National Science Foundation, since 1976. Fulbright senior research scholar, New Zealand, 1974-1975. Recipient Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research prize, 1996.Grantee Office Naval Research, 1965-1983, Army Research Office, since 1983, National Science Foundation, since 1976. Fulbright senior research scholar, New Zealand, 1974-1975. Recipient Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research prize, 1996.