| Kenneth S. Pitzer AKA Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer Born: 6-Jan-1914
Birthplace: Pomona, CA
Died: 26-Dec-1997
Location of death: Berkeley, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist, Educator Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of Rice University, 1961-68 Father: Russell K. Pitzer (founder of Pitzer College, b. 1878, d. 1978)
Mother: Flora Anna Sanborn
Wife: Jean Mosher (m. 1935, d. 22-Apr-2000, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Ann
Son: Russell
Son: John
University: BS, California Institute of Technology (1935)
University: PhD Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1937)
Professor: Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1937-61)
Administrator: Dean, College of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1951-60)
Administrator: President, Rice University (1961-68)
Administrator: President, Stanford University (1969-71)
Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1971-84)
Administrator: Trustee, Mills College
Administrator: Trustee, Harvey Mudd College
Administrator: Trustee, Pitzer College
US Atomic Energy Commission Dir. of Research (1949-51)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Philosophical Society
American Physical Society
National Academy of Sciences
RAND Corporation Trustee
Guggenheim Fellowship 1950
IME James Clayton Prize 1957 (with Robert F. Curl, Jr.)
Priestley Medal 1969
National Medal of Science
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