MSU Gallery of Chemists' Photo-Portraits and Mini-Biographies

Index to the Photo-Portraits and Mini-Biographies

To view a page showing a larger image of the photo-portrait and presenting the mini-biography of a chemist, click on the individual's name in the list below. This page will also show: the location of the portrait in the MSU Chemistry Building; the source of the portrait; and the sponsor(s) of the portrait.

Photo	Number	Name, Dates, Source, Sponsor(s)
	1	Kurt Alder 1902-1958 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor:
	2	Hubert Newcombe Alyea 1903-1996 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsors: Evelyn P. and James E. Jackson Sheldon L. Knoespel Margaret Kandelin Sutherland
	3	Svante August Arrhenius 1859-1927 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Kris A. Berglund
	4	Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregua e di Cerreto 1776-1856 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Thomas Clarke
	5	Alfred Robert Bader 1924- Source: Dr. Bader Sponsors: Karen and John W. Frost
	6	* Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer 1835-1917 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	7	Neil Bartlett 1932- ** Source: Professor Bartlett Sponsor: Donald L. Ward
	8	Paul Doughty Bartlett 1907-1997 Source: Harvard Archives, Paul Bartlett Sponsor: Gerasimos J. Karabatsos
	9	Derek Harold Richard Barton 1918-1997 ** Source: Professor Barton Sponsors: Rosetta and William H. Reusch
	10	Jöns Jacob Berzelius 1779-1848 ** Source: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Sponsor: Jeffrey S. Ledford
	11	Niels Henrik David Bohr 1885-1962 Source: American Institute of Physics Sponsor: James D. Hoeschele
	12	Aleksandr Porfir'evich Borodin 1833-1887 Source: Professor G. B. Kauffman Sponsor: William McHarris
	13	Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg 1890-1971 Source: American Institute of Physics Sponsor: Alexander Tulinsky
	14	Ronald Breslow 1931- ** Source: Professor Breslow Sponsor:
	15	Herbert Charles Brown 1912- ** Source: Professor Brown Sponsor: Michael W. Rathke
	16	* Eduard Büchner 1860-1917 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	17	Robert Wilhelm Bunsen 1811-1899 Source: Edgar Fahs Smith Collection Sponsor: Stanley R. Crouch
	18	Melvin Calvin 1911-1997 ** Source: Professor Calvin Sponsors: Ramon F. Rolf Gary Steinman, M.D.
	19	Wallace Hume Carothers 1896-1937 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Gregory L. Baker
	20	* Giacomo Luigi Ciamician 1857-1922 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Daniel G. Nocera
	21	James Bryant Conant 1893-1978 Source: Harvard University Archives Sponsor:
	22	Arthur Clay Cope 1909-1966 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsors: Chung-yin Lai E. F. Houghton Co.
	23	Elias James Corey 1928- Source: Professor Corey Sponsors: Cynthia and Robert E. Maleczka, Jr.
	24	F. (Frank) Albert Cotton 1930- ** Source: Professor Cotton Sponsor: Kim Dunbar
	25	Donald James Cram 1919-2001 Source: Professor Cram Sponsor: George M. Love
	26	* Marie Sklodowska Curie 1867-1934 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: J. Throck Watson
	27	* John Dalton 1766-1844 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: John Allison
	28	* Sir Humphrey Davy 1778-1829 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	29	Peter Debye [Petrus (Pie) Josephus Wilhelmus Debije] 1884-1966 Source: Cornell University Archives Sponsor: Alexander I. Popov
	30	Otto Paul Hermann Diels 1876-1954 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor:
	31	Carl Djerassi 1923- ** Source: Professor Djerassi Sponsors: Rosetta and William H. Reusch Ramon F. Rolf John H. Tanton, MD
	32	William von Eggers Doering 1917- Source: Professor Doering Sponsors: Evelyn P. & James E. Jackson Dr. Ramon Mount
	33	Vincent Du Vigneaud 1901-1978 Source: Cornell University Archives Sponsor: Robert H. Digby, MD
	34	Paul Ehrlich 1854-1915 Source: Edgar Fahs Smith Collection Sponsors: Barnett and Ritta Rosenberg
	35	Manfred Eigen 1927- ** Source: Professor Eigen Sponsor:
	36	Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Source: American Institute of Physics Sponsors: Barnett and Ritta Rosenberg
	37	Ernest Ludwig Eliel 1921- ** Source: Professor Eliel Sponsor:
	38	Gertrude Belle Elion 1918-1998 ** Source: G. B. Elion Sponsors: Evelyn P. and James E. Jackson William L. Spliethoff
	39	Albert Eschenmoser 1925- ** Source: Professor Eschenmoser Sponsor:
	40	Henry Eyring 1901-1981 Source: Professor Poulter, University of Utah Sponsor:
	41	Michael Faraday 1791-1867 ** Source: National Portrait Gallery (London) Sponsor: James L. Dye
	42	Louis Frederick Fieser 1899-1977 Source: Mary Fieser Sponsor:
	43	* Emil Fischer 1852-1919 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: John W. Frost
	44	Hans Fischer 1881-1945 Source: Edgar Fahs Smith Collection Sponsor: Chi-Kwong Chang
	45	Paul John Flory 1910-1985 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor:
	46	Rosalind Elise Franklin 1920-1958 Source: Jewish Chronicle (London) Sponsors: Barnett and Ritta Rosenberg
	47	Kenichi Fukui 1918-1998 ** Source: Professor Fukui Sponsor: Peter J. Wagner
	48	Josiah Willard Gibbs 1839-1903 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsors: Katharine C. and Paul M. Hunt
	49	Moses Gomberg 1866-1947 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Anonymous Faculty Member
	50	* Frank Austin Gooch 1852-1929 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	51	Harry Barkus Gray 1935- Source: Professor Gray Sponsor:
	52	* (Francois Auguste) Victor Grignard 1871-1935 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	53	Louis Plack Hammett 1894-1987 Source: Columbiana Sponsor: Rosetta N. Reusch
	54	Sir (Walter) Norman Haworth 1883-1950 Source: Dr. A. J. Waring, the Chemistry Department, University of Birmingham (UK) Sponsor: Family of Homer T. Haworth (no relation)
	55	Dudley Robert Herschbach 1932- Source: Professor Herschbach Sponsor:
	56	Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin 1910-1994 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsors: Kim Dunbar Elizabeth S. Rimpau
	57	Roald Hoffmann 1939- Source: Professor Hoffmann Sponsor: Peter J. Wagner
	58	Sir Christopher (Kelk) Ingold 1893-1970 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsors: Chung-yin Lai E. F. Houghton Company
	59	Percy Lavon Julian 1899-1975 Source: Western Reserve Histoical Society Sponsor: Anonymous Faculty Member
	60	Isabella Helen Lugoski Karle 1921- ** Source: Dr. Karle Sponsor: Donald L. Ward
	61	Martin Karplus 1930- Source: Professor Karplus Sponsor:
	62	Robert Clark Kedzie 1823-1902 Source: Found in storage at MSU and restored. Sponsor: MSU Office of Libraries, Computing and Technology
	63	* Friedrich Auguste Kekulé 1829-1896 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	64	Morris Selig Kharasch 1895-1957 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor:
	65	John Gamble Kirkwood 1907-1959 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Robert I. Cukier
	66	George Bogdan Kistiakowsky 1900-1982 Source: Harvard University Archives Sponsor:
	67	Izaak Maurits (Piet) Kolthoff 1894-1993 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Ramon F. Rolf
	68	Irving Langmuir 1881-1957 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Thomas J. Pinnavaia
	69	* Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier 1743-1794 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Gerald T. Babcock
	70	Henri-Louis LeChatelier 1850-1936 Source: Edgar Fahs Smith Collection Sponsor: Gordon Galloway
	71	Yuan Tseh Lee 1936- Source: Professor Lee Sponsor: Chi-Kwong Chang
	72	Jean-Marie Lehn 1939- ** Source: Professor Lehn Sponsors: James L. Dye Long Dinh Le
	73	Nelson Jordan Leonard 1916- Source: Professor Leonard Sponsor: Arnold C. Ott
	74	Gilbert Newton Lewis 1875-1946 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: James F. Harrison
	75	Justus von Liebig 1803-1873 ** Source: Justus Liebig-Gesellschaft, Giessen, Germany Sponsor: Manfred D. Langer
	76	William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. 1919- Source: Professor Lipscomb Sponsor:
	77	Rudolph Arthur Marcus 1923- Source: Professor Marcus Sponsor:
	78	Herman Francis Mark 1895-1992 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsors: Barnett and Ritta Rosenberg
	79	Vladimir Vassilyevich Markovnikov 1838-1904 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor:
	80	Carl Shipp ("Speed") Marvel 1894-1988 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Gregory L. Baker
	81	Harden Marsden McConnell 1927- ** Source: Professor McConnell Sponsor:
	82	Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeléeff (-eyev) 1834-1907 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Alexander I. Popov
	83	Robert Bruce Merrifield 1921- Source: Professor Merrifield Sponsor:
	84	Kurt Mislow 1923- ** Source: Professor Mislow Sponsor: James Geiger
	85	Koji Nakanishi 1925- Source: Professor Nakanishi Sponsor:
	86	* John Ulric Nef 1862-1915 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	87	Melvin Spencer Newman 1908-1993 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsor: David J. Hart
	88	* Sidney Augustus Norton 1835-1918 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Harold Hart
	89	George Andrew Olah 1927- ** Source: Professor Olah Sponsor:
	90	Lars Onsager 1903-1976 Source: Yale University Library Sponsor:
	91	* Louis Pasteur 1822-1895 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Thomas Kormos
	92a	Linus Carl Pauling 1901-1994 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
	92b	Linus Carl Pauling 1901-1994 ** Source: Linus Pauling Institute Sponsor: George E. Leroi
	93	Sir William Henry Perkin 1838-1907 ** Source: National Portrait Gallery (London) Sponsor: William H. Reusch
	94	George Claude Pimentel 1922-1989 Source: Jeanne (Mrs. George) Pimentel Sponsor:
	95	John Charles Polanyi 1929- ** Source: Professor Polanyi Sponsor:
	96	John Anthony Pople 1925- Source: Professor Pople Sponsor:
	97	George Porter 1920- ** Source: Professor Lord Porter Sponsor:
	98	Fritz Pregl 1869-1930 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor: Ramon F. Rolf
	99	Vladimir Prelog 1906-1998 Source: Professor Prelog Sponsor:
	100	Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 ** Source: National Portrait Gallery (Washington) Sponsor: Paul Hunter
	101	Ilya Prigogine 1917- Source: Professor Prigogine Sponsor:
	102	* Sir William Ramsay 1852-1916 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Keki Mistry
	103	Tadeus Reichstein 1897-1996 Source: Professor Dr. Christoph Tamm Sponsor: Arnold C. Ott
	104	* Ira Remsen 1846-1927 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: John Funkhouser
	105	* Theodore William Richards 1868-1928 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Anonymous Faculty Member
	106	John D. ("Jack") Roberts 1918- Source: Professor Roberts Sponsor: Harold Hart
	107	Sir Robert Robinson 1886-1975 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsors: Chung-yin Lai Harold Hart
	108	Otto Röhm and Otto Haas 1876-1939 and 1872-1960 Source: Rohm and Haas Company Sponsor: Ronald L. Haas
	109	Leopold Ruzicka 1887-1976 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsors: Cynthia and Robert E. Maleczka, Jr.
	110	Frederick Sanger 1918- Source: Dr. Sanger Sponsor:
	111	Glenn Theodore Seaborg 1912-1999 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor: David J. Morrissey
	112	Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. 1929-1997 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsor: Professor Roberts
	113	* Edgar Fahs Smith 1854-1928 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	114	Hermann Staudinger 1881-1965 Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsor:
	115	Gilbert Stork 1921- ** Source: Professor Stork Sponsor: William H. Reusch
	116	Andrew Streitwieser, Jr. 1927- ** Source: Professor Streitwieser Sponsor: Professor Peter Stang
	117	Henry Taube 1915- ** Source: Professor Taube Sponsor: Kim Dunbar
	118	Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford 1753-1814 ** Source: Fogg Art Museum Sponsors: Gary J. Blanchard John L. McCracken
	119	Alexander Robertus Todd 1907-1997 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor: Arnold C. Ott
	120	Harold Clayton Urey 1893-1981 Source: Edgar Fahs Smith Collection Sponsors: Laura Gieske Evans and Thomas A. Evans
	121	Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff 1852-1911 Source: Prof. P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor:
	122	* Otto Wallach 1847-1931 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor:
	123	Cheves Walling 1916- Source: Professor Walling Sponsor: Peter J. Wagner
	124	Frank Henry Westheimer 1912- Source: Professor Westheimer Sponsor: Arnold C. Ott
	125	George M. Whitesides 1939- Source: Professor Whitesides Sponsor:
	126	Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson 1921-1996 Source: Professor Wilkinson Sponsor: Milton Smith III
	127	* Richard Willstätter 1873-1942 Source: Kedzie Collection Sponsor: Harold Hart
	128	Saul Winstein 1912-1969 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsor: Chung-yin Lai
	129	Friederich Wöhler 1800-1882 Source: Professor P. E. Fanta and the Wilkens-Anderson Company Sponsor:
	130a	Robert Burns Woodward 1917-1979 Source: Harvard University Archives Sponsor: Rawle Hollingsworth
	130b	Robert Burns Woodward 1917-1979 ** Source: John D. Roberts Sponsors: Chung-yin Lai Harold Hart
	131	Rosalyn Sussman Yalow 1921- Source: Dr. Yalow Sponsors: Victoria McGuffin Elizabeth S. Rimpau Ramon F. Rolf