Fieser, Louis F. (Louis Frederick), 1899-1977

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Birth 1899-04-07
Death 1977-07-25
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Louis Frederick Fieser (1899-1977) and Mary Peters Fieser (1909-1997) were chemists at Harvard University. Louis was the Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Mary was his co-researcher and co-published with Louis.

From the description of Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228506797

Louis Frederick Fieser, 1899-1977, and Mary Peters Fieser, 1909-1997 were chemists at Harvard University. Louis was the Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Mary was his co- researcher and co-published with Louis, but, except for her status as a student at Radcliffe and a brief period as a research fellow, she had no official standing in the University.

1899 Louis Fieser born April 7 in Columbus, Ohio 1909 Mary Peters born May 27 in Atchison, Kansas 1920 Louis Fieser graduates from Williams College 1920 1924 Louis Fieser pursues graduate studies at Harvard University under James B. Conant 1924 Louis Fieser earns Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard; his thesis is on the oxidation-reduction potential of quinones 1925 Frankfurt-am-Main Frankfurt am Main Relexa Hotel Frankfurt/ Main Umspannwerk Frankfurt am Main - West Frankfurt am Main Express by Holiday Inn Frankfurt-Airport Dorint Novotel Frankfurt Main Taunus Zentrum Kraftwerk West, Frankfurt am Main Rhein-Main Frankfurt Kreisfreie Stadt Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Airport Bahnhof Frankfurt-Mainkur Volkshochschule Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Main Flughafen Nh Frankfurt Rhein Main Louis Fieser does post-doctoral work at Frankfurt-am-Main and Oxford University on a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship from Harvard Louis Fieser begins teaching at Bryn Mawr College ca. 1925 ca. 1930 Louis Fieser publishes papers on quinone chemistry 1926 Mary Peters begins undergraduate studies at Bryn Mawr; all her chemistry courses are taught by Louis Fieser 1930 Mary Peters graduates from Bryn Mawr, enters Radcliffe College to begin graduate study in chemistry Louis Fieser leaves Bryn Mawr, begins teaching at Harvard 1932 Louis Fieser and Mary Peters (Fieser) marry early-mid 1930's Fieser/s publish papers on aromaticity 1935 Experiments in Organic Chemistry by Louis F. Fieser is published mid-late 1930s Fieser/s develop synthetic methods for carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 1936 Mary Peters Fiesers receives MA in Chemistry from Radcliffe First edition of The Chemistry of Natural Products related to Phenanthrene by Louis Fieser is published 1937 Louis Fieser becomes Sheldon Emery Professor at Harvard 1939 Synthesis of Vitamin K is published Louis Fieser receives honorary degree from Williams College ca. 1939 ca. 1945 War-related research includes study of quinone anti-malarials and incendiaries 1940 Louis Fieser becomes a member of the National Academy of Sciences 1941 Louis Fieser becomes a member of the American Philosophical Society and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Louis Fieser receives Katharine Berkan Judd Prize for Cancer Research 1942 Research on incendiaries leads to the invention of napalm 1944 Organic Chemistry by Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser is published 1953 Louis Fieser receives an honorary degree from the University of Paris 1959 Steroids by Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser is published Louis Fieser receives two teaching awards: The American Chemical Society's James Flack Norris Award and The Manufacturing Chemists Association award 1960 Style Guide for Chemists by Louis Fieser and Mary Fieser is published 1963 Louis Fieser receives the American Chemical Society's Nichols Medal 1967 First volume of Reagents for Organic Synthesis edited by Louis Fieser and Mary Fieser is issued 1968 Louis Fieser becomes Emery Professor (emeritus) at Harvard, joins Smith College as Neilson Professor 1971 Mary Fieser receives the American Chemical Society's Garvan Medal 1977 Louis Fieser dies July 25 1996 Harvard dedicates the Louis and Mary Fieser Laboratory for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry 1997 Mary Fieser dies March 22 2004 Volume 22 of Reagents for Organic Synthesis is issued

From the guide to the Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996., (Harvard University Archives)

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