Category:George S. Hammond

**George S. Hammond**
	American chemist (1921–2005)
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Date of birth	22 May 1921; Auburn
Date of death	5 October 2005; Portland
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Harvard University; Bates College;
Doctoral advisor	Paul Doughty Bartlett;
Doctoral student	Nicholas Turro;
Occupation	chemist; university teacher;
Employer	Iowa State University; California Institute of Technology; University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Iowa;
Member of	American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta Kappa Society; National Academy of Sciences;
Field of work	chemistry;
Award received	Guggenheim Fellowship; National Medal of Science (1994); Priestley Medal (1976); Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1994); George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (1974); Oesper Award (1999); Othmer Gold Medal (2003); George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry (1961); James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (1968); Remsen Award (1970);
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English: George Simms Hammond (May 22, 1921 – October 5, 2005) was an American scientist and theoretical chemist who developed "Hammond's postulate", and fathered organic photochemistry, the general theory of the geometric structure of the transition state in an organic chemical reaction.