John Kirkwood
- Born: May 30, 1907 (Gotebo, Oklahoma)
- Died: August 9, 1959 (New Haven, Conneticut)
Education
- 1926: SB, University of Chicago
- 1929: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chemistry)
Major Positions
- 1929–1930: Harvard University, National Research Fellow
- 1930–1931: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Associate in Physical Chemistry
- 1931–1932: University Leipzig and University of Munich, International Research Fellow
- 1932–1934: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Associate
- 1934–1937: Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- 1937–1938: University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1938–1947: Cornell University, Todd Professor of Chemistry
- 1947–1951: California Institute of Technology, Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry
- 1951–1959: Yale University, Sterling Professor of Chemistry
Other Positions
- 1951–1959: Yale University, Chair, Department of Chemistry
Selected Awards and Honors
Published Resources
Stuart A. Rice and Frank H. Stillinger, "John Gamble Kirkwood: 1907-1959", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
