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Robert E. Connick is a professor emeritus of
chemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
at the
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.
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Connick studied Chemistry at Berkeley, receiving his
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in 1939 and his
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in 1942. He was a research associate on the
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from 1943 - 1946, and has been a professor, chair of the chemistry department, dean of the College of Chemistry, Vice Chancellor, and Chair of the Academic Senate at both Berkeley and the entire
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system.
He was elected to the
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in 1963.
He was a 1968 G.N. Lewis Lecturer and Awardee.
He is a two-time
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, in 1948 and 1958.