Izaak M. Kolthoff - Herbert A. Laitinen correspondence, 1937-1989 (bulk 1940-1986)

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Izaak M. Kolthoff - Herbert A. Laitinen correspondence, 1937-1989 (bulk 1940-1986)

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The collection is necessarily spotty, a snapshot of a fifty-year friendship between teacher and student. Although the letters are not, strictly speaking, technical, they do convey a sense of the work both men were engaged in during the various decades of their lives.

1 box (.25 linear feet)

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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SNAC Resource ID: 7971976

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Kolthoff, I.M. (Izaak Maurits), 1894-1993

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Born in Almelo, Netherlands on 11 February 1894. Died on 4 March 1993. Education: Diploma, Pharmaceutical Institute, State University of Utrecht (1915). Ph. D., Chemistry, State University of Utrecht (1918). Employment: 1917-1927 State University of Utrecht, 1927- University of Minnesota. From the description of Oral history interview with Izaak M. Kolthoff 1984 March 15. (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 186432900 Izaak Maurits Kolthoff, Ph.D. (1918) Unive...

Laitinen, Herbert A. (Herbert August), 1915-

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Izaak M. Kolthoff was born in Holland and came to the University of Minnesota in 1927. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht and taught there until his departure for the United States. Herbert A. Laitinen studied under Kolthoff. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1940 and taught at the University of Illinois. He worked on synthetic rubber research during WWII. From the description of Izaak M. Kolthoff - Herbert A. Laitinen correspondence, 1937-19...