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Philip Eaton, renowned chemist and ‘founder of cubane'

1936-2023

R. Stephen Berry, ‘one of the most influential chemists of his generation’

1931-2020

Clemens C.J. Roothaan, eminent quantum chemist and concentration camp survivor

1918-2019

Jack Halpern

Jack Halpern, ‘towering intellect’ in field of inorganic chemistry

1925-2018

Robert N. Clayton, ‘one of the giants’ of cosmochemistry

1930-2017

Robert Gomer, chemist, longtime teacher and cherished colleague

1924-2016

Gregory Hillhouse

Gregory L. Hillhouse, synthetic chemist, influential mentor

1955-2014

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

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