| Roald Hoffmann AKA Roald Safran
Born: 18-Jul-1937 Birthplace: Zloczów, Poland
Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Woodward-Hoffmann reaction Father: Hillel Safran (civil engineer, d. 1943 after attempted escape from camp) Mother: Clara Rosen (schoolteacher) Father: Paul Hoffmann (stepfather) Sister: Elinor (half-sister, b. 1954) Wife: Eva Börjesson (m. 1960) Son: Hillel Jan (b. 1963) Daughter: Ingrid Helena (b. 1965)
High School: Stuyvesant High School, New York City, NY (1955) University: BA, Columbia University (1958) University: MA, Harvard University (1960) University: PhD, Harvard University (1962) Professor: Physical Science, Cornell University (1965-)
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1971 American Chemical Society American Philosophical Society American Physical Society Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors National Academy of Sciences 1972 National Science Foundation Royal Society 1984 Science Debate 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship 1978 National Medal of Science Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1981 (with Kenichi Fukui) Priestley Medal 1990 Nazi Concentration Camp Inmate Polish Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Official Website: http://www.roaldhoffmann.com/
Author of books:
The Metamict State (1987, poetry) Gaps and Verges (1990, poetry)
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