| Roger Adams  Born: 2-Jan-1889
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 6-Jul-1971
Location of death: Champaign, IL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Organic chemist at Illinois Military service: US Army (Maj., Chemical Warfare Service, WWI) High School: Cambridge Latin School
University: BA, Harvard University (1909)
University: AM, Harvard University (1910)
University: PhD, Harvard University (1912)
University: University of Berlin (1912-13)
Teacher: Organic Chemistry, Harvard University (1913-16)
Teacher: Organic Chemistry, Radcliffe College (1913-16)
Teacher: Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1916-19)
Professor: Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1919-57)
Davy Medal 1945
Priestley Medal 1946
Commander of the British Empire 1948:(honorary)
Benjamin Franklin Medal 1960 (by the Franklin Institute)
National Medal of Science 1964
American Chemical Society President (1935), Chairman (1944-50)
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1927, President (1950)
National Academy of Sciences 1929
American Philosophical Society 1936
National Science Foundation Board of Directors (1954-60)
Franklin Institute (honorary)
Rotary International
Council on Foreign Relations 1958-66
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Organic Reactions Editor (1941-59), Advisory (1959-68)
Journal of the American Chemical Society Associate Editor (1922-32)
Organic Syntheses Editorial Board (1920-30), Advisory (1930-)
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