Organic chemistry careers

In 1927, Jack Johnson became assistant professor at Cornell University thus starting a career which extended almost 40 years at that school He restructured the courses in organic chemistry and developed a broad program of research His enthusiasm and personal contributions led to his promotion to full professor in 1930 when he was barely 30 years old... 

Christopher Ingold and the Integration of Physical and Organic Chemistry, 19201950 The Career of Christopher Ingold... 

Delepine, M. Bull. Soc. Chim. Paris 1895, 13, 355 1897, 17, 290. Stephe Marcel Delepine (1871—1965) was bom in St. Martin le Gaillard, France. He was a professor at the College de France after working for M. Bertholet at that institute. Delepine s long and fruitful career in science encompassed organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and pharmacy. 

Meerwein, H. Schmidt, R. Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1925, 444, 221. Hans L. Meerwein, born in Hamburg Germany in 1879, received his Ph.D. at Bonn in 1903. In his long and productive academic career, Meerwein made many notable contributions in organic chemistry. 

Reimer, K. Tiemann, F. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1876, 9, 824. Karl L. Reimer (1845—1883) was bom in Leipzig, Germany. He interrupted his study to serve in the Bohemian War in 1866. After the war, Reimer returned to his study and obtained his Ph.D. in 1871. He held several jobs but at the end had to resign because of poor health. The discovery of the Reimer-Tiemann reaction was the beginning of his shortlived career in organic chemistry. Johann K. F. Tiemann (1848—1899) was born in Riibeland, Germany. He was a student and a big fan of W. Hofmann, from whom Tiemann received his Ph.D. in 1871. Tiemann then became a Professor of Chemistry at Berlin. 

Guy Lemiere was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and studied chemistry at the Universities of Antwerp and Ghent. In 1975 he obtained a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Antwerp on the subject Study on enzymatic in vivo and in vitro reductions of cyclic ketones . He built up all his academic career at the University of Antwerp. His scientific interests evolved from the stereochemistry of enzymatic reactions to natural products and further to heterocyclic chemistry, especially the chemistry of pyridazines. In 2004 he organized together with Bert Maes the 9th International Symposium on the Chemistry and Pharmacology of Pyridazines in Antwerp. He is an author of around 80 scientific papers. 

For an excellent account of Kolbe s career and changing viewpoints, see Rocke, A. J. The Quiet Revolution. Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry, University of California Press Berkeley, 1993. 

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