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Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey
American Scientist
Born: Jul 12, 1928
Age Chemistry Life Needs Science Work
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In the spring of 1959, I received an offer of a professorship at Harvard, which I accepted with alacrity since I wanted to be near my family and since the chemistry department at Harvard was unsurpassed. Elias James Corey
Family Chemistry Spring Harvard Since Accepted Offer Department Wanted Which Near Received
My doctoral work was completed by the end of 1950 and, at the age of twenty-two, I joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an instructor in chemistry under the distinguished chemists Roger Adams and Carl S. Marvel. Elias James Corey
Work Age Chemistry Completed Distinguished Marvel Joined Instructor End Roger Illinois Twenty-Two University
By 1954, as an assistant professor with a group of three graduate students, I was able to initiate more complex experimental projects, dealing with the structure, stereochemistry and synthesis of natural products. As a result of the success of this research, I was appointed in 1956, at age twenty-seven, as professor of chemistry. Elias James Corey
Success Age Natural Result Three Chemistry Research Group Projects Synthesis Complex Able Structure More Students Dealing Graduate Graduate Students Experimental Products Initiate Professor Assistant Appointed
To a synthetic chemist, the complex molecules of nature are as beautiful as any of her other creations. The perception of that beauty depends on the understanding of chemical structures and their transformations, and, as with a treasured work of art, deepens as the subject is studied, perhaps even to a level approaching romance. Elias James Corey
Work Beautiful Art Nature Approaching Perception Beauty Understanding Other Synthetic Complex Structures Studied Perhaps Chemical Chemist Subject Any Romance Depends Transformations Creations Molecules Even Her Level Treasured
My special fascination has been to understand better the world of chemistry and its complexities. Elias James Corey
World Better Chemistry Complexities Has-Been Understand Been Special Fascination
Chemical compounds of carbon can exist in an infinite variety of compositions, forms and sizes. The naturally occurring organic substances are the basis of all life on Earth, and their science at the molecular level defines a fundamental language of that life. Elias James Corey
Life Science Language Organic Earth Defines Compounds Variety Chemical Exist Infinite Substances Sizes Forms Molecular Naturally Fundamental Carbon Level Basis
To the field of synthetic chemistry belongs an array of responsibilities which are crucial for the future of mankind, not only with regard to the health and needs of our society, but also for the attainment of a deep understanding of matter, chemical change, and life. Elias James Corey
Life Future Health Needs Change Matter Understanding Chemistry Field Society Our Synthetic Responsibilities Only Crucial Attainment Also Chemical Array Regard Which Mankind Deep Belongs

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