Background
Stockmayer, Walter Hugo was born on April 7, 1914 in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hugo Paul and Dagmar (Bostroem) Stockmayer.
Stockmayer, Walter Hugo was born on April 7, 1914 in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hugo Paul and Dagmar (Bostroem) Stockmayer.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940. Bachelor of Science (Rhodes scholar), Oxford University, 1937.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Louis-Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1996.
Instructor Columbia University, 1941—1943, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939—1941, assistant professor, 1943—1946, associate professor, 1946—1952, professor, 1952—1961. Albert W. Smith professor chemistry Dartmouth College, 1961—1979, professor emeritus, 1979—2004. Consultant E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., 1945—1998.
Visiting committee National Bureau Standards, 1979—1984.
Fellow: American Physical Society. (Polymer Physics prize 1975), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: National Academy of Sciences, Society Plastics Engineers (International award 1991), Society Polymer Science Japan (honorary), American Chemical Society (associate editor Macromolecules 1968-1974, 1976-1994, chairman polymer chemical division 1968, Polymer Chemistry award 1965, Peter Debye award 1974, T.W. Richards medal 1988, polymer division award 1988, Oesper award 1992), Appalachian Mountain Club, Sigma Xi (William Procter prize 1993).
Married Sylvia Kleist Bergen, August 12, 1938 (deceased October 2002). Children: Ralph, Hugh.