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Willard F. Libby
Willard F. Libby is born on December 17th 1908 in Colorado to Ora Edward Libby and Eva May. -
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Kennedy Horvath
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Studying in College
Studied at the University of California at Berkley til 1933 earning degrees in Ph.D and B.Sc -
Becoming an Instructor
Becomes an Instructor at the Department of Chemistry at California University (Berkeley) and works there for the next ten years. -
Professor of Chemistry
At the end of WWII, he accepted the post of Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Institute for Nuclear Studies at The University of Chicago. He became a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on October 1st, 1954, and resigned on June 30th 1959 -
Award Winner
Willard won many awards. 1951: Research Corporation Award for the radiocarbon dating technique. ; 1954: Chandler Medal of Columbia University for outstanding achievement in the field of chemistry ; 1956: American Chemical Society Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry ;1957: Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute ;1958: American Chemical Society's Willard Gibbs Medal Award ;1959: Albert Einstein Medal Award ;1960: Nobel Prize in Chemistry ;1961: Day Medal of the Geological Society -
Becoming an Author
Willard's book, Radiocarbon Dating was published in 1952 by the University of Chicago Press and a second edition was pubished in 1955. He also was an author for numerous articles, which appeared in many scientific journals. -
Becoming a Writer
He became a member of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1962 became a member of the Editorial Board of Science. -
Joining California. In L.A this time.
Willard Libby became Professor of Chemistry in the University of California at Los Angeles. Later he became the Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. -
Helping out many MANY Institutes.
Since 1963, Willard has been the Director of the Douglas Aircraft Company, and Member of the National Science Foundation's General Commission on Science, the Federal Government and the Academic Institution. He is a Physical Chemist and a specialist in radiochemistry, particularly hot atom chemistry, tracer techniques, and isotope tracer work. -
Willard F. Libby dies
Willard Libby dies on September 8th 1980. He was 72 years old.
