Henry Taube
Biographical
| Born: Neudorf, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1915; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1942. |
| Education |
| B.S.: 1935, University of Saskatchewan |
| M.S.: 1937, University of Saskatchewan (Research Supervisor, Prof. J.W.T. Spinks) |
| Ph.D.: 1940, University of California, Berkeley (Research Supervisor, Prof. W.C. Bray) |
| Professional Experience |
| Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 1940-41 |
| Instructor and Assistant Professor, Cornell University, 1941-46 |
| Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, University of Chicago, 1946-61 |
| Professor, Stanford University, 1962-86 |
| Professor Emeritus, 1986 |
| Chairman, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1956-59 |
| Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 1972-74 & 1978-79 |
| Honors and Awards |
| Guggenheim Fellow, 1949 and 1955 |
| American Chemical Society Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry, 1955 |
| Harrison Howe Award, Rochester Section, ACS, 1960 |
| Chandler Medal, Columbia University, 1964 |
| John Gamble Kirkwood Award, New Haven Section, ACS, 1966 |
| ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, 1967 |
| Nichols Medal, New York, ACS, 1971 |
| Willard Gibbs Medal, Chicago Section, ACS, 1971 |
| F.P. Dwyer Medal, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1973 |
| Honorary Doctorate (L.L.D.) University of Saskatchewan, 1973 |
| Marguerite Blake Wilbur Endowed Professorship, 1976 |
| National Medal of Science, Washington, D.C., 1977 |
| Allied Chemical Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching & Innovative Science, 1979 |
| Degree of Ph. D. Honoris Causa of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1979 |
| T.W. Richards Medal of the Northeastern Section, ACS, 1980 |
| ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry of the Monsanto Company, 1981 |
| The Linus Pauling Award, Puget Sound Section, ACS, 1981 |
| National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences, 1983 |
| Bailar Medal, University of Illinois, 1983 |
| Doctor of Science, University of Chicago, 1983 |
| Robert A. Welch Foundation Award in Chemistry, 1983 |
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1983 |
| Doctor of Science, Polytechnic Institute, New York, 1984 |
| Honorary Member, College of Chemists of Catalonia and Beleares, 1984 |
| Priestley Medal, ACS, 1985 |
| Doctor of Science, State University of New York, 1985 |
| Corresponding Member, Academy of Arts and Science of Puerto Rico, 1985 |
| Honorary Member, Canadian Society for Chemistry, 1986 |
| Distinguished Achievement Award, International Precious Metals Institute, 1986 |
| The Oesper Award, The Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society, 1986 |
| Doctor of Science, University of Guelph, 1987 |
| Honorary Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1988 |
| Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Seton Hall University, 1988 |
| Doctor of Science, Lajos Kossuth University of Debrecen, Hungary, 1988 |
| Honorary Fellowship, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1989 |
| Honorary Fellowship, Indian Chemical Society 1989 |
| G. M. Kosolapoff Award, Auburn Section, ACS, 1990 |
| Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, 1990 |
| Membership in Societies |
| American Chemical Society |
| National Academy of Sciences |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences |
| Phi Beta Kappa |
| Sigma Xi |
| Phi Lamda Upsilon (honorary member) |
| Royal Physiographical Society of Lund |
| American Philosophical Society |
| Royal Danish Academy of Sciences & Letters |
| Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science & Letters |
| Foreign Member, Royal Society |
| Corresponding Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences |
| Foreign Associate, Engineering Academy of Japan |
| Corresponding Member, Australian Academy of Science |
| Consultantship |
| Catalytica Associates, Inc., Mountain View, California |
| Research Interests |
| Current research interests include: charge transfer as affecting properties including the reactivity of ligands; mixed valence molecules; mechanisms of “atom” and electron transfer reactions; basic chemistry of osmium and ruthenium, effects arising from back-bonding. |
| Publications |
| Over 350 scientific articles and a book have been published as a result of this research. |
Henry Taube died on 16 November 2005.
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