:Howard Ensign Simmons Jr.
{{Short description|American chemist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
|name = Howard Ensign Simmons Jr.
|image = HES Jr 1993.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Simmons, Spring 1993, Wilmington, Delaware
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|6|17}}
|birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia United States
|residence =
|death_date = {{death date and age|1997|4|26|1929|6|17}}
|death_place =
|field =
|work_institution = DuPont Central Research
|alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|doctoral_advisor =
|doctoral_students =
|known_for = Simmons–Smith reaction
|prizes = Priestley Medal (1994)
National Medal of Science (1992)
Charles Goodyear Medal (1952)
|footnotes =
}}
Howard Ensign Simmons Jr. (June 17, 1929 – April 26, 1997) was an American chemist with DuPont who discovered the Simmons–Smith reaction.
Biography
He was born on June 17, 1929. In 1952, Simmons received the Charles Goodyear Medal.
In 1976, Simmons served as chair of the organic division of the American Chemical Society.[https://www.organicdivision.org/history/ ACS Organic Division History.] - Retrieved 2018-9-24. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,{{Cite web|title=Howard Ensign Simmons|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/howard-ensign-simmons|access-date=2022-02-10|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}} the National Academy of Sciences,{{Cite web|title=H. E. Simmons, cons_suffix|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/50450.html|access-date=2022-02-10|website=www.nasonline.org}} and the American Philosophical Society.{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Howard+E.+Simmons&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2022-02-10|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}
He died on April 26, 1997.
References
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- {{cite web
|url = http://www.chemistry.msu.edu/Portraits/PortraitsHH_Detail.asp?HH_LName=Simmons
|title = Howard Ensign Simmons Jr. 1929-1997
|publisher = Michigan State University
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070807213835/http://www.chemistry.msu.edu/Portraits/PortraitsHH_Detail.asp?HH_LName=Simmons
|archive-date = 2007-08-07
}}
- {{cite journal
|title = Howard Ensign Simmons Jr. (17 June 1929–26 April 1997)
|author = Edward G. Jefferson
|journal = Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
|volume = 143
|issue = 4
|pages = 718–726
|year = 1999
|url = http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1434/Simmons.pdf
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816142225/http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1434/Simmons.pdf
|archive-date = 16 August 2007
}}
External links
- [http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/simmons-h-e-jr.pdf John D. Roberts and John W. Collette, "Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr.", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (1999)]
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Category:20th-century American chemists
Category:National Medal of Science laureates
Category:People from Norfolk, Virginia
Category:American polymer scientists and engineers
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Category:Scientists from Virginia
Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society
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