Raymond Fuoss
{{Short description|American chemist}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|09|28}}
| birth_place = Bellwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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| spouse = Rose Elizabeth Harrington (divorced)
{{married|Ann Stein Fuoss|1947|1979}}
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| education = BA., Harvard University (summa cum laude)
PhD., Chemistry, 1932, Brown University
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| thesis_title = Influence of the solvent medium on the conductance of electrolytes,
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| sub_discipline = Electrolytic conductance
| workplaces = Yale University
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Raymond Matthew Fuoss (September 28, 1905 – December 1, 1987) was an American chemist who researched mainly on electrolytes, polyelectrolytes, and polymers. He held Sterling Professor status at Yale University.
Early life and education
Fuoss was born to Jacob Z. Fuoss in 1905 and graduated from Altoona High School.{{cite news|title=Former Altoonan Given High Honor|date=April 30, 1935|newspaper=Altoona Mirror|location=Pennsylvania|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-30-1935-1348052/}}{{free access}}
After graduating summa cum laude from Harvard University, Fuoss accepted a Sheldon Fellowship to study at the University of Munich. He began his graduate studies at Brown University in 1930, after various teaching positions.{{cite news|title=Bellwood Man Heads Division of Polymer Chemistry of ACS|date=November 28, 1953|newspaper=Altoona Mirror|location=Pennsylvania|page=5|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-28-1953-1348038/}}{{free access}}
Career
From 1932 – 1933, Fuoss was a research instructor at Brown University, before being promoted to assistant professor for research from 1933 until 1936.{{cite news|title=Your Altoona High School|last1=Hyle|first1=Stanley R.|date=July 21, 1948|newspaper=Altoona Mirror|location=Pennsylvania|page=2|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/altoona-mirror-jul-21-1948-p-2/}}{{free access}} While at Brown, Fuoss was the recipient of the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry.{{cite journal |title=The Council in Session at New York |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v013n009.p185 |website=pubs.acs.org |date=10 May 1935 |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=185–186 |access-date=September 7, 2019|doi=10.1021/cen-v013n009.p185 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }} The award came with a monetary prize of $1000 for his achievement of producing the "first comprehensive theory of electrolytic solutions." Due to limited financial resources for university research during the Great Depression in the mid-1930s, Fuoss was contacted by the General Electric Research Laboratory, where he worked until the end of the Second World War.{{cite web |last1=Coplan |first1=Michael A. |title=Raymond Matthew Fuoss |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/fuoss-raymond.pdf |website=nasonline.org |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=September 7, 2019 |date=1997}} In 1945 he went to Yale University, where he was appointed a Sterling Professor Chair of Chemistry.{{cite news|title=Goes to Yale|date=June 25, 1945|newspaper=Altoona Mirror|location=Pennsylvania|page=5|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-25-1945-1348061/}}{{free access}} In 1951, Fuoss was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and later, in 1954, was elected chairman of the American Chemical society's division of Polymer Chemistry.
Fuoss eventually retired from Yale University in 1974 but continued active research in electrolytes.
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External links
- [http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1560 Raymond M. Fuoss Papers (MS 1560).] Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Category:Yale Sterling Professors
Category:Academics from Pennsylvania
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