National Science Foundation chemistry degrees

A native of the state of New Hampshire, Donald Fitts developed an interest in chemistry at the age of eleven. He was awarded an A.B. degree, magna cum laude with highest honors in chemistry, in 1954 from Harvard University and a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 1957 from Yale University for his theoretical work with John G. Kirkwood. After one-year appointments as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, and as a Research Fellow at Yale s Chemistry Department, he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, rising to the rank of Professor of Chemistry. 

FIGURE 5.2 Chemistry degrees awarded in the United States, 1966 to 1997. SOURCE National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, Science and Engineering Degrees 1966-97, NSF 00-310 (Author, Susan T. Hill), NSF, Arlington, VA, February 2000. 

Figure 3. Chemistry degrees awarded in the U.S. as a percentage of all bachelor s degrees awarded according to (o) the American Chemical Society (m) the National Science Foundation.

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