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Name
  
Rowland Pettit

Role
  
Chemist

Died
  
1981


Rowland Pettit (February 6, 1927 – December 10, 1981) was an Australian-born American chemist. Pettit was noted for creation of Cyclobutadieneiron tricarbonyl. Pettit was head of the Department of Chemistry and W. T. Doherty Professor in Chemistry at the University of Texas, Austin, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Chemical Society, a member of the Chemical Society of London, a recipient of the American Chemical Society's the Southwest Regional Award, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The University of Texas said that Pettit was an "internationally recognized organic chemist".

Chronology

  • 1927 born in Port Lincoln, Australia
  • 1949 B.Sc, University of Adelaide
  • 1950 M.Sc, University of Adelaide
  • 1953 PhD in chemistry, University of Adelaide
  • 1954 2nd PhD, Queen Mary College in London
  • 1957 assistant professor, the University of Texas, Austin
  • 1960 associate professor, the University of Texas, Austin
  • 1963 professor of chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin
  • 1968 Southwest Regional Award, the American Chemical Society
  • 1970-1974 Chairman of Department of Chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin
  • 1973 elected to the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1980 advanced to W. T. Doherty Professor in Chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin
  • 1981 dies in Austin, Texas

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