Lawrence F. Dahl (June 2, 1929 – March 20, 2021) was an R.E. Rundle and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry at the

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. Dahl was an

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, and his research focused on high-nuclearity metallic compounds. He was elected to the

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in 1988.

Early life and education

Dahl was born in 1929. He earned his B.S. degree from the

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in 1951 and his Ph.D. from

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in 1956.

Career

In 1957 Dahl joined the faculty in the chemistry department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His laboratory made significant contributions in the synthesis, structure, and bonding of transition metal compounds. Dahl trained 95 Ph.D. candidates, 24 M.S. students, 45 undergraduate research students, and 15 postdoctoral fellows.

Selected awards and distinctions

* 1969–1970 –

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* 1980 – Elected Fellow of the

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* 1985 – Alexander von Humboldt Award * 1988 – Elected to the National Academy of Sciences * 1992 – Elected Fellow of

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* 1999 –

Willard Gibbs Award The Willard Gibbs Award, presented by thChicago Sectionof the American Chemical Society, was established in 1910 by William A. Converse (1862–1940), a former Chairman and Secretary of the Chicago Section of the society and named for Professor Jo ...

* 2010 –

F. Albert Cotton Frank Albert Cotton FRS (April 9, 1930 – February 20, 2007) was an American chemist. He was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1600 scientific articles. C ...

Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry * 2014 – Elected Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association

References

External links

John F. Berry, "Lawrence F. Dahl", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)
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