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Denis Jordan

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Died
  
12 February 1982

Denis Oswald Jordan AO FAA FRACI (23 September 1914, London – 12 February 1982, St Georges, South Australia) was an Australian chemist with a distinguished career as a researcher and lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Adelaide. He was Angas Professor of Chemistry from 1958 to 1982. Jordan also served as president of Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering from 1958 to 1962, and Royal Australian Chemical Institute from 1978 to 1979.

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In 1981, the University of Adelaide, named its physical and inorganic Chemistry building after Jordan.

Publications

  • The Chemistry of Nucleic Acids (1960)
  • Awards

    Jordan was awarded a number of honours, including:

  • 1954 - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
  • 1963 - Liversidge Research Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales
  • 1970 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 1974 - Medal, Polymer Division, RACI (Now named Batteard-Jordan Australian Polymer Medal)
  • 1980 - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
  • 1981 - Leighton Memorial Medal
  • References

    Denis Jordan Wikipedia