Lipscomb, William Colonel

Harry Kroto, Istvdn Hargittai, and William Lipscomb (all three are Kentucky Colonels) at the reception of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences during the centennial Nobel celebration in Stockholm, December 2001 (photograph by M. Hargittai). 

Professor William N. Lipscomb received the Nobel Prize in 1976. He is also an official Kentucky Colonel. Indeed, most of us who have worked with him know him as the Colonel. 

William Lipscomb s career forever will be identified with the theory of the three-center bond in boron hydrides. His celebrated work in this field employed an incisive mixture of experimental and theoretical methods. In his laboratory, developers of conceptual and computational tools were given ample scope, for the Colonel has a knack for connecting new theoretical capabilities to significant chemical questions. We therefore offer this work, an application of the electron propagator picture of electronic structure, in tribute to his skills as a mentor of young scientists. 

It is a special pleasure to have the opportunity to participate in this symposium in honor of William N. Lipscomb s 80 birthday. The breadth of the Colonel s interests and the significance of his contributions remain a continual source of amazement and inspiration to those of us fortunate to have... 

This book is dedicated to Professor William N. Lipscomb, creative scientist, clarinetist, Nobel Laureate, and Kentucky Colonel. 

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