F. Sherwood Rowland

Frank Sherwood Rowland
Rowland at the inaugural World Science Summit, May 2008
Born(1927-06-28)June 28, 1927
Delaware, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 10, 2012(2012-03-10) (aged 84)
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
Alma mater
Known forOzone depletion research
Awards
  • ForMemRS (2004)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995)
  • Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1994)
  • Peter Debye Award (1993)
  • Japan Prize (1989)[1]
  • Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1983)
  • Tolman Award (1976)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine
ThesisThe epithermal reactions of recoil atoms (1952)
Doctoral advisorWillard Libby

Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel Prize-winning chemist. He was a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics.

His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons role in ozone depletion.[2][3]

He won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Mario Molina and Paul J. Crutzen. Rowland worked as a professor at the University of California, Irvine.

Rowland died on March 10, 2012 in Newport Beach, California from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, aged 84.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Laureates of the Japan Prize. japanprize.jp
  2. ↑ Prather, M. J.; Blake, D. R. (2012). "F. Sherwood Rowland (1927–2012)". Nature. 484 (7393): 168. Bibcode:2012Natur.484..168P. doi:10.1038/484168a. PMID 22498618.
  3. ↑ Molina, M. J.; Rowland, F. S. (1974). "Stratospheric sink for chlorofluoromethanes: Chlorine atom-catalysed destruction of ozone". Nature. 249 (5460): 810. Bibcode:1974Natur.249..810M. doi:10.1038/249810a0. S2CID 32914300.
  4. ↑ Roan, Shari (2012-03-12). "F. Sherwood Rowland dies at 84; UC Irvine professor won Nobel Prize". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-09-14.