Saul Winstein (1912-1969) was a professor of chemistry at UCLA (1941-1969). He specialized in physical-organic chemistry and reaction mechanisms, and wrote over 175 articles for journals since 1933; won the award in pure chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1948 and the Theodore William Richards Medal for 1962. The collection consists of Winstein's correspondence, consultant job files, class, lecture and research notes, offprints, articles and clippings, student dissertations supervised by Winstein, and glass slides and transparencies.

Winstein was born on October 8, 1912 in Montreal, Canada; BA (1934) and MA (1935), UCLA; Ph.D, California Institute of Technology, 1938; National Research Fellow in Chemistry, Harvard University, 1939-40; instructor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1940-41; instructor, assistant and associate professor (1941-47) and professor of chemistry (1947-69), UCLA; specialized in physical-organic chemistry and reaction mechanisms, and wrote over 175 articles for journals since 1933; won the award in pure chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1948 and the Theodore William Richards Medal for 1962.Saul Winstein (1912-1969) was born in Montreal, Canada and came in 1923 to the United States, where he received his higher education at UCLA and the California Institute of Technology. His pecial field was physical-organic chemistry and reaction mechanisms, and his distinguished career at UCLA began with his appointment as instructor in 1941/42. He was Professor of Chemistry, 1947-1969.

43 boxes (21.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box

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