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Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1936 to 1954, and at Harvard University from 1953 to 1983, becoming the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry in 1960, and Professor Emeritus in 1983. [2]
30 mag 2007 · Frank Westheimer, who died on 14 April at the age of 95, demonstrated that chemists have a unique advantage in deciphering the key processes of biology.
- John Alan Gerlt
- 2007
Frank H. Westheimer, a Harvard chemist whose work in understanding how the body metabolizes alcohol became a model for similar studies in the growing field of biochemistry, died last Saturday...
5 set 2018 · Frank H. Westheimer integrated physical and organic chemistry to become an important contributor to the field that came to be called ‘physical organic chemistry’. He then went on to apply physical organic chemistry to the study of biological transformations.
- Steven Benner, Elias J. Corey
- 2018
Frank Henry Westheimer. In a distinguished career, Westheimer led the way in applying physical organic methods to bioorganic chemical reaction mechanisms. He demonstrated (with B. Vennesland) direct and stereospecific hydrogen transfer in biochemical oxidation-reduction reactions that require the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD
Frank Westheimer, who died on 14 April at the age of 95, demonstrated that chemists have a unique advantage in deciphering the key processes of biology. Westheimer used his insight to describe...
19 apr 2007 · Frank H. Westheimer, Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, at Harvard University and one of the key figures in 20th century chemistry, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., on April 14. He was 95.
