Clyde Allen Hutchison Jr. (May 5, 1913 – August 29, 2005) was an American chemist notable for his research in magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Chicago Tribune:Clyde A. Hutchison;Chemist was pioneer in field;University of Chicago professor worked on the Manhattan Project;September 12, 2005|By Lolly Bowean, Tribune staff reporter National Academy of Sciences:National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs: V. 91 (2009);CLYDE ALLEN HUTCHISON JR.;BY DONALD S. MCCLURE AND JACOB BIGELEISEN University of Chicago;News Office;Clyde Allen Hutchison Jr., Chemist, 1913-2005 University of Chicago Library Guide to the Clyde A. Hutchison Jr. Papers 1913-2000 New York Times: SCIENCE ACADEMY BACKS ENGINEERS; Supports Plan to Establish Co-Equal Organization; by WALTER SULLIVAN; April 24, 1963, Page 14 Hutchison was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a chairman and professor of the department of chemistry at the University of Chicago. He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the American Chemical Society, Guggenheim fellow at Oxford University, the George Eastman Professor at Oxford University, and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also a recipient of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. He served as editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics from 1953 to 1955 and again from 1958 to 1959.J. Chem. Phys. list of Editors Hutchison participated in the Manhattan Project. The University of Chicago said that Hutchison "pioneered research in magnetic resonance spectroscopy".
Chronology 1913: born May 5 in Alliance, Ohio. 1933: a bachelor's degree from Cedarville College 1937: Ph.D. from Ohio State University 1937–1939: a National Research Council Fellow and worked with Nobel laureate Harold Urey at Columbia University 1939: an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Buffalo 1940–1945: member of the Manhattan Project at Columbia University and the University of Virginia 1945–1983: member of the faculty of the University of Chicago's Department of Chemistry chairman of the department of chemistry 1959-1963 elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1963 1983: retirement 2005: died of prostate cancer on Aug. 29 at Montgomery Place Retirement Community in Chicago at age 92
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