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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: John Ross papers
source:
Baysinger, Grace
Identifier/Call Number: SC1320
Physical Description:
9.25 Linear Feet
(11 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1950-2012
Physical Location: Special Collections
and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance.
For more information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Ross' biographical information and student theses as well as administrative, subject, and
travel files.
John Ross earned a BS in Chemistry at Queens College in 1948, and a PhD from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1951. Ross was the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of
Chemistry at Stanford University, from 1983 to 1989. He began his faculty career as an
assistant professor in chemistry at Brown University in 1953. In 1966, Ross joined the
chemistry department faculty at MIT, where he served as chair from 1966 to 1971. He came to
Stanford University in 1980 as a professor of chemistry and was department chair from 1983
to 1989. Ross was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences; he received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 2000 from President
Clinton. John Ross died in February 2017.
Excerpted from:
http://news.stanford.edu/
[identification of item], John Ross Papers (SC1320). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish. Restrictions also
apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is
restricted to research and educational purposes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chemistry -- Study and teaching.
Chemical kinetics.
Statistical mechanics.
Baysinger, Grace
Stanford University. Department of Chemistry.
Faculty