Norman Allinger

Norman "Lou" Allinger is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 computational chemist

Computational chemistry

Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computers to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids...

 and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....

 (UGA) in Athens

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial creation of Athens and its subsequent growth...

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Professor Allinger received his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines...

, in 1951 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It was founded in 1919 and is the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system...

, in 1954. He was on the faculty at Wayne State University

Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 350 major subject areas to over 31,000 graduate and undergraduate students...

 before coming to the University of Georgia as Research Professor in 1969.

Norman "Lou" Allinger is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 computational chemist

Computational chemistry

Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computers to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids...

 and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....

 (UGA) in Athens

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial creation of Athens and its subsequent growth...

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Professor Allinger received his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines...

, in 1951 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It was founded in 1919 and is the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system...

, in 1954. He was on the faculty at Wayne State University

Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 350 major subject areas to over 31,000 graduate and undergraduate students...

 before coming to the University of Georgia as Research Professor in 1969. He is known for his pioneering efforts in the use of computational chemistry, especially molecular mechanics

Molecular mechanics

Molecular mechanics uses Newtonian mechanics to model molecular systems. The potential energy of all systems in molecular mechanics is calculated using force fields...

, to solve a variety of chemical problems. He is the author of the MM2, MM3 and MM4

Force field (chemistry)

In the context of molecular mechanics, a force field refers to the functional form and parameter sets used to describe the potential energy of a system of particles . Force field functions and parameter sets are derived from both experimental work and high-level quantum mechanical calculations...

 software packages.

Allinger was elected to the National Academy of Sciences

United States National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine."The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code....

 in 1991 and was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry in 2002.