Jewish Chemists

JEWISH CHEMISTS

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SHORT LIST
Sidney Altman Adolf von Baeyer³ Konrad Bloch Ronald Breslow Herbert C. Brown Melvin Calvin Heinrich Caro Sir Ernst Chain Pierre Chambon ⁴ Gerty Cori Carl Djerassi Ernest Eliel Gertrude Elion Ronald Evans Kasimir Fajans Rosalind Franklin Moses Gomberg Fritz Haber Herbert Hauptman George de Hevesy Roald Hoffmann Jerome Karle Martin Karplus Izaak Kolthoff Arthur Kornberg Roger Kornberg Sir Hans Krebs Sir Harold Kroto⁷	Raphael Levine Robert Langer Fritz Lipmann Rudolph Marcus Herman Mark⁸ Lise Meitner Viktor Meyer Otto Meyerhof Henri Moissan⁹ George Olah Sir Max Perutz John Polanyi ¹² Michael Polanyi Ilya Prigogine Tadeus Reichstein Stuart Rice Eli Ruckenstein Gabor Somorjai William Stein Gilbert Stork Max Tishler Otto Wallach¹⁶ Otto Warburg ¹⁷ Frank Westheimer Richard Willstätter Saul Winstein Rosalyn Yalow Ada Yonath
LONG LIST
Robert Abeles Anatole Abragam Julian Adams Berni Alder Sidney Altman Christian (Chaim) Anfinsen¹ Alfred Bader² Adolf von Baeyer³ David Baker Eugen Bamberger Allen Bard Jacqueline Barton Sidney Benson Paul Berg Robert Bergman Ernst Bergmann Max Bergmann Bruce Berne Richard Bernstein R. Stephen Berry Richard Bersohn Jerome Berson Solomon Berson Alfred Bertheim Jacob Bigeleisen Howard Birnbaum Fritz Blau Felix Bloch Herman Bloch Konrad Bloch Lesser Blum Ronald Breslow Leo Brewer Herbert C. Brown Paul Brumer Stephen Buchwald John Cahn Melvin Calvin Heinrich Caro Nikodem Caro Emily Carter Lorenz Cederbaum Sir Ernst Chain Pierre Chambon ⁴ David Chandler Erwin Chargaff Aaron Ciechanover Edwin Cohen Morris Cohen Stanley N. Cohen Mildred Cohn Gerty Cori Benjamin Cravatt III¹⁸ Stanley Cristol Samuel Danishefsky Sheldon Datz Norman Davidson Pablo Debenedetti John Deutch Carl Djerassi Eduard Donath Mildred Dresselhaus Camille Dreyfus Henry Dreyfus Jack Dunitz Saul Dushman Lazăr Edeleanu Gerald Edelman Paul Ehrlich Arthur Eichengrun Odile Eisenstein Kenneth Eisenthal Ernest Eliel Gertrude Elion Gustav Embden Lars Ernster Kasimir Fajans Isidor Fankuchen Michael Fayer George Feher Fritz Feigl Alan Fersht MG Finn Edmond Fischer⁵ Michael Fisher Marshall Fixman Herbert Fox Adolph Frank Rosalind Franklin Jack Freed Daan Frenkel Herbert Freundlich Josef Fried Gerhart Friedlander Harold Friedman Harry Frisch Casimir Funk⁵ Robert Furchgott Elena Gal'pern William Gelbart Walter Gilbert Alfred Gilman Henry Gilman Hans Goldschmidt Victor Goldschmidt Moses Gomberg Fritz Haber Norman Hackerman Erwin Hahn Carol Hall Jack Halpern Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Philip Handler István Hargittai Milton Harris William Hassid Herbert Hauptman Felix Haurowitz Alan Heeger Michael Heidelberger Sir Ian Heilbron Heinz Heinemann Walter Heitler Adam Heller Avram Hershko George de Hevesy Sir Peter Hirsch Joseph O. Hirschfelder Ralph Hirshmann Roald Hoffmann Pierre Hohenberg James Ibers¹⁹ Walter Jacobs Joshua Jortner Elvin Kabat Henri Kagan Martin Kamen Jerome Karle Martin Karplus	Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir Aharon Katchalsky-Katzir Morris Kharasch Michael Klein William Klemperer Aaron Klug Walter Kohn Izaak Kolthoff Arthur Kornberg Sir Hans Kornberg Roger Kornberg Ronnie Kosloff Sir Hans Krebs Sir Harold Kroto⁷ Albert Ladenburg Meir Lahav Ralph Landau Karl Landsteiner Robert Langer Robert Lefkowitz Leslie Leiserowitz Richard Lerner Phoebus Levene Veniamin Levich Raphael Levine Michael Levitt Charles Lieber Carl Liebermann Fritz Lipmann Stephen Lippard Morris Loeb Otto Loewi Fritz London Gustav Magnus Willy Marckwald Rudolph Marcus Herman Mark⁸ Tobin Marks Peter Mazur Lise Meitner Raphael Meldola Hans L. Meyer Viktor Meyer Otto Meyerhof Leonor Michaelis Stanley L. Miller David Milstein Chad Mirkin Kurt Mislow Henri Moissan⁹ Salvador Moncada¹⁰ Sir Alfred Mond Ludwig Mond Simon Moss Shaul Mukamel Jakub Natanson Daniel Nathans Carl Neuberg Daniel Neumark Marshall Nirenberg Abraham Nitzan George Olah Irwin Oppenheim Milton Orchin Leslie Orgel Guy Ourisson¹¹ Friedrich Paneth Jacob Parnas Sir Max Perutz Alexander Pines Herman Pines John Polanyi¹² Michael Polanyi John Prausnitz Ilya Prigogine Bernard Pullman B. S. Rabinovitch Leo Radom Ralph Raphael Mark Ratner Tadeus Reichstein Howard Reiss Stuart Rice Irwin Rose John Ross Peter Rossky Michael Rossmann¹³ Samuel Ruben Eli Ruckenstein Klaus Ruedenberg Otto Sackur Lewis Sarett¹⁴ Dan Shechtman Harold Scheraga Paul Scheuer Ugo (Hugo) Schiff H. I. Schlesinger Louis Schmerling Rudolph Schoenheimer Nadrian Seeman Moshe Shapiro Paul Sigler Robert Silbey Gabor Somorjai Franz Sondheimer Richard Stein William Stein Gilbert Stork Benno Strauss Samuel Stupp Michael Szwarc David Talmud Reshef Tenne Max Tishler James Tour Isidor Traube Moritz Traube Barry Trost Mikhail Usanovich Sir John Vane¹⁵ George Wald Otto Wallach¹⁶ Otto Warburg ¹⁷ Arieh Warshel Karl Weissenberg Charles Weissmann Chaim Weizmann Frank Westheimer Benjamin Widom Richard Willstätter Saul Winstein Michael Woolfson Harry Yale Rosalyn Yalow Ada Yonath Richard Zare Anatol Zhabotinsky Howard Zimmerman
NOTES 1. Convert to Judaism. See http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/KK. 2. See interview in Candid Science III: More Conversations with Famous Chemists, by István Hargittai (Imperial College Press, London, 2003, pp. 153-154). Bader's mother was non-Jewish, but he describes himself as a "convinced Jew." 3. Jewish mother, non-Jewish father. 4. Jewish mother, née Yvonne Weill. 5. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother, according to a follow-up dispatch issued by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) several days after publication of its October 14, 1992 story on that year's Nobel Prizes, written by Tom Tugend. Fischer is a member of the Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute. 6. Information elsewhere on the web contains the claim that Casimir Funk was not Jewish. Among the many references which describe Funk as having been Jewish is Who's Who in World Jewry 1965: A Biographical Dictionary of Outstanding Jews, edited by Harry Schneiderman and I.J. Carmin Karpman (McKay, New York, 1965, p. 417). This reference is particularly significant in this context since all of the biographical profiles that it contains were based on data supplied by the profiled individuals themselves, and later approved by them. 7. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother; see http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1996/kroto-autobio.html. 8. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother. See, e.g., the last paragraph of the section entitled "I.G. FARBENINDUSTRIE" at http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/hmark.html. 9. Jewish mother, non-Jewish father. 10. Jewish mother, non-Jewish father; identifies as a Jew, according to interview in Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists, by István Hargittai (Imperial College Press, London, 2002, p. 567). 11. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother, according to interview in Candid Science III: More Conversations with Famous Chemists, by István Hargittai (Imperial College Press, London, 2003, p. 239-241). 12. Son of the Hungarian Jewish physical chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. See also Ismerjük''oket?: zsidó származású nevezetes magyarok arcképcsarnoka, by István Reményi Gyenes (Ex Libris, Budapest, 1997). 13. Jewish mother, non-Jewish father according to interview in Bitter Prerequisites: A Faculty for Survival from Nazi Terror, by William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt (Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, IN, 2001, p. 48). See also http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010216.Nat.Ahlbrandt.book.html. 14. Jewish father, poet and naturalist Lew Sarett (born Lewis Saretsky), non-Jewish mother. 15. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother, according to an interview published in Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists, by István Hargittai (Imperial College Press, London, 2002, p. 562). 16. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother; see Jüdisches Biographisches Lexikon, by Hans Morgenstern (LIT Verlag, Vienna and Berlin, 2011, p. 839). Otto Wallach's paternal grandparents were Heinrich Heymann Moses Wallach and Susanne Leffmann, whose parents were Salomon Abraham Leffmann and Jachet Ries. 17. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother. 18. Jewish mother. 19. Jewish mother.

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