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Richard A. Andersen (chemist)
Richard "Dick" A. Andersen (November 16, 1942 – June 16, 2019) was a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty senior scientist at the chemical sciences division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Early life and career Born in Oklahoma in 1942, Richard Allan Andersen was raised and educated in the small town of Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton, South Dakota. He obtained his bachelor's degree in 1965 from the University of South Dakota. Andersen pursued graduate studies at the University of Wyoming, working under the supervision of Professor Geoffrey E. Coates, Geoffrey Coates. Andersen was Coates' last student. In 1973, Andersen earned his Ph.D. with several fundamental organometallic and alkoxide compounds of beryllium. Andersen then spent a year as postdoctoral researcher at the Oslo Centre for Industrial Research. On the day it was announced that Geoffrey Wilkinson and Ernst Otto Fischer, Ernst O. Fisher would share the 1973 Nobel P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-most extensive and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw language, Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its List of U.S. state and territory nicknames, nickname, "Sooners, The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
