69222508 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg05gd revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context English VIAF revised 2015-09-19 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-18T10:33:13 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-18T10:33:13 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF person Berson, Jerome A. presumed Berson, J. A. presumed Berson, J. A. (Jerome A.) presumed Berson, Jerry presumed 1900 English Biradicals Carbonium ions Chemists Chemists Conservation of orbital symmetry Isotope dilution analysis Molecular orbitals Physical organic chemistry United States Americans

Born in Sanford, Florida, on 10 May 1924. Education: B.S., Chemistry, City College of New York (1944) ; A.M., Chemistry, Columbia University (1947); Ph.D., Chemistry, Columbia University (1949). Employment: 1944 Hoffmann-La Roche ; 1944-1946 United States Army ; 1950-1963 University of Southern California ; 1963-1969 University of Wisconsin ; 1969- Yale University.

From the description of Oral history interview with Jerome A. Berson, 2001 March 21 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 70189212 Chemical Heritage Foundation. Doering, W. von E. (William Von Eggers), 1917- F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. Gortler, Leon, B. Hückel, Erich, b. 1896. University of Southern California University of Wisconsin Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979. Yale University Berson, Jerome A. Berson, Jerome A. Oral history interview with Jerome A. Berson, 2001 March 21 Berson, Jerome A. Gortler, Leon, B. Chemical Heritage Foundation. Oral history interview with Jerome A. Berson, 2001 March 21 Sound recordings ; cassettesTranscript : (102 leaves) ; 29 cm. Jerome Berson begins this interview with a discussion about his family, his early interest in chemistry, and his childhood in Florida. After high school, Berson attended college at City College of New York. He then attended Columbia University, where he received both his A.M. and Ph.D. Berson went on to do postdoctoral work at Harvard University. Berson held various academic positions at the University of Southern California, Wisconsin, and Yale. Berson credits William von Eggers Doering, Robert Burns Woodward, Saul Winstein, and Herbert Brown as all having profound influence on his career. He talks about his transformation from a natural-products chemist to a physical-organic chemist and the influence of the work of Erich Huckel. He discusses in some detail several of his major research efforts, and comments extensively on the importance of M.O. theory, funding, and the role of government in the support of science. Berson concludes the interview with thoughts on the present and future of organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry. Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History