AKA Alan Graham MacDiarmid

Born: 14-Apr-1927
Birthplace: Masterton, New Zealand
Died: 7-Feb-2007
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: Accident - Fall
Remains: Buried, Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Metallic polymers

Resident of the United States since 1950.

Father: Archibald MacDiarmid (engineer)
Mother: Ruby
Wife: Marian Mathieu (m. for 36 years, d. 1990, three daughters, one son)
Daughter: Heather
Daughter: Dawn
Son: Duncan
Daughter: Gail
Wife: Gayl Gentile (together since 1991, m. 2005, until his death)

    High School: Hutt Valley High School, New Zealand
    University: BSc, Victoria University College
    University: MSc, Victoria University College
    University: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1953)
    University: PhD, Cambridge University (1955)
    Professor: Queens College, University of St. Andrews
    Professor: University of Pennsylvania
    Professor: University of Texas at Dallas (2002-)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2000 (with Alan J. Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa)
    Fulbright 1950
    Order of New Zealand 2001
    Naturalized US Citizen

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