Frederick Kaufman (September 13, 1919 – July 6, 1985) was an Austrian-born American chemist.
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. Kaufman was director of the

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's Space Research Coordination Center, and a member of the

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, president of the

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. He served on various committees of the

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, and

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. He was also president of Space Research Coordination Center. The National Academies Press called Kaufman "a leader in the field of gas-phase chemical kinetics and its application to the understanding of atmospheric and combustion processes".

Life, education, career

Kaufman was born in

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, he and his family emigrated to

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in 1938. He immigrated to

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in 1941. He received his doctorate from

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in 1948 without getting an undergraduate degree.

References

External links

Michael F. Golde, "Frederick Kaufman", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
1919 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American chemists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Physical Society Austrian emigrants to the United States {{US-chemist-stub