Robert E. Rundle
{{Short description|American chemist and crystallographer}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Robert E. Rundle
| birth_name = Robert Eugene Rundle
| birth_date = {{birth year|1915}}
| birth_place = Orleans, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_date = October 9, {{death year and age|1963|1915}}
| death_place = U.S
| nationality =American
| fields = Chemistry
| workplaces =
| alma_mater = University of Nebraska
California Institute of Technology
}}
Robert Eugene Rundle (1915 – 9 October 1963) was an American chemist and crystallographer. He was a professor at Iowa State University and fellow of the American Physical Society.
Early life and education
Rundle was born in Orleans, Nebraska in 1915.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vslRAQAAMAAJ|title=Geological Survey Bulletin|date=1969|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; Washington, D.C.|language=en}}{{Cite journal|date=January 1964|title=Robert E. Rundle|journal=Physics Today|language=en|volume=17|issue=1|pages=124–125|doi=10.1063/1.3051340|issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}} He attended University of Nebraska where he completed a bachelor of science in 1937 and a master's degree in 1938. He completed a Ph.D. in 1941 at the California Institute of Technology. His advisors were Linus Pauling and J. Holmes Sturdivant.{{Cite web|url=http://web-genealogy.scs.illinois.edu/Info/rundlere.pdf|title=GENEALOGY DATABASE ENTRY|last1=Mainz|first1=Vera V.|last2=Girolami|first2=Gregory S.|author-link2=Gregory S. Girolami|date=1998|website=University of Illinois School of Chemistry}}
Career and research
Rundle joined Iowa State University as an assistant professor of chemistry. From 1945 to 1946, he worked at Princeton University before returning to Iowa State University as a full professor. His research was focused on x-ray diffraction by crystals, inorganic solid-state chemistry, intermetallic and interstitial compounds, hydrogen-bonded substances, compounds of uranium and thorium, and electron-deficient compounds. He was a member of the American Crystallographic Association and served as the president of the organization in 1958. He was a member of the American Association of University Professors.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/14752880/robert_rundle_obituary/|title=Noted chemist Rundle died early today|date=October 9, 1963|website=Ames Daily Tribune|page=1|language=en|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=2019-05-15}}
Awards and honors
Rundle was a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Personal life
Rundle died from a stroke in Iowa Methodist Hospital on October 9, 1963. He was survived by his wife and three sons.
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Category:People from Harlan County, Nebraska
Category:Scientists from Nebraska
Category:20th-century American chemists
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Category:California Institute of Technology alumni
Category:American crystallographers
Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
Category:Presidents of the American Crystallographic Association