Kenneth Pitzer

Kenneth S. Pitzer
Kenneth S. Pitzer
	Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer
3rd President of Rice University
	In office; 1961–1968
Preceded by	William Vermillion Houston
Succeeded by	Norman Hackerman
6th President of Stanford University
	In office; December 1, 1968 – June 25, 1970
Preceded by	Wallace Sterling
Succeeded by	Richard Wall Lyman
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1914; Pomona, California, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1997 (aged 83); Berkeley, California, U.S.
Children	Russell M. Pitzer
Parent	Russell K. Pitzer (father);
Alma mater	California Institute of Technology (BS); University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Awards	ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1943); Priestley Medal (1969); National Medal of Science (1975); American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1976); Welch Award in Chemistry (1984)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Workplaces	University of California, Berkeley; Rice University; Stanford University;
Thesis	Theoretical calculations and experimental determinations of entropies and related thermodynamic quantities (1937)
Doctoral advisor	Wendell Latimer
Doctoral students	George C. Pimentel; Oktay Sinanoğlu; Robert Curl; Raymond Sheline

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Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president. He was described as "one of the most influential physical chemists of his era" whose work "spanned almost all of the important fields of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular structure, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, relativistic chemical effects, properties of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, kinetics, and conformational analysis."