Kurt Mislow
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Kurt Mislow
| birth_date = 5 June 1923
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| death_date = 5 October 2017
| death_place = Princeton, N.J.
| nationality = American
| workplaces = New York University,
Princeton University
| alma_mater = BA, Tulane University, 1944
PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1947
| thesis_url = https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2579/
| doctoral_advisor = Linus Pauling
| known_for = Stereochemistry
}}
Kurt Martin Mislow (June 5, 1923 – October 5, 2017) was a German-born American organic chemist who specialized in stereochemistry.
Early life and education
Born in Berlin on June 5, 1923, Mislow had moved to London by 1938, after some time in Milan. With the help of his uncle Alfred Eisenstaedt, Mislow's family left London for New York City in 1940. Mislow earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tulane University in 1944, and received a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology, where he was supervised by Linus Pauling. His thesis was entitled: I. The Synthesis of Potential Antimaterials. Some 2-Substituted 8-(3-Diethylaminopropylaminol)-Quinolines. II. Isomorphism in Relation to Serological Specificity. III. A Study of the Hammick Reaction.{{Cite web |date=15 June 2004 |title=I. The Synthesis of Potential Antimaterials. Some 2-Substituted 8-(3-Diethylaminopropylaminol)-Quinolines. II. Isomorphism in Relation to Serological Specificity. III. A Study of the Hammick Reaction |url=https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2579/ |website=Caltech Coda}}
Career and research
Mislow first taught at New York University, then moved to Princeton University in 1964. While at Princeton, Mislow served as Hugh Stott Taylor Professor of Chemistry and led the chemistry department from 1968 to 1974. He became a professor emeritus in 1988.{{cite news|title=Kurt Mislow, pioneer in stereochemistry, dies at 94|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/10/27/kurt-mislow-pioneer-stereochemistry-dies-94|accessdate=October 29, 2017|publisher=Princeton University|date=October 27, 2017}}
Awards and honors
Over the course of his career, Mislow was named a Guggenheim fellow twice, in 1956 and 1974. Between 1959 and 1963, Mislow was granted the Sloan Research Fellowship. He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1972, followed by fellowships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, granted in 1974, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, bestowed in 1980. In 1999, Mislow was named a foreign member of the Accademia dei Lincei. The American Chemical Society honored Mislow with several awards, among them the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (1975), the William H. Nichols Medal Award (1987), and the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (1995).
Personal life
Mislow died at the age of 94 years on Oct. 5, 2017. He was survived by his wife, son, and two grandsons.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Linda |date=20 November 2017 |title=Obituary: Kurt Mislow |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i46/Kurt-Mislow.html |website=Chemical & Engineering News}}
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Category:Scientists from Berlin
Category:Tulane University alumni
Category:California Institute of Technology alumni
Category:New York University faculty
Category:Princeton University faculty
Category:Sloan Research Fellows
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Category:Members of the Lincean Academy
Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany