Background
Hanessian, Stephen was born on April 25, 1935 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hanessian, Stephen was born on April 25, 1935 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Chemist, Parke Davis & Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1961-1968;
from associate professor to professor, U. Montreal, 1969-1979;
McConnell professor of chemistry, U. Montreal, since 1979. Visiting professor U. Paris, U. Rochester, New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. Strasbourg, U. Lyon, U. Rome. Guest lecturer Stanford (California) U., 1997.
Advisory board Contemporary Organic Synthesis, Synlett, Synthesis, Tetrahedron.
Fellow Royal Society Canada, Killam Foundation. Member Chemical Institute Canada (Merke Sharpe & Dohme award 1974), American Chemical Society (Hudson award 1982, Master of Laws Wolfrom award 1993, A.C. Cope scholar 1996), Quebec Association Advancement of Science (Urgel-Archambault award 1987), Chemical Institute Canada (Counter Intelligence Corps medal 1988), Canada Society Chemistry (Alfred Bader award 1988).