Memorial Page for Frank Sherwood Rowland
American chemist
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June 28th, 2026
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F. Sherwood Rowland (* June 28, 1927 in Delaware; † March 10, 2012 in Newport Beach) was an american chemist. He was 84 years old. His education included Ohio Wesleyan University and University of Chicago. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. His cause of death was Parkinson's disease.
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12 EventsBorn in Delaware, Delaware County
1927University of Chicago
1948Doctor of Philosophy · until 1952
Tolman Award
1976Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
1979Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
1983Japan Prize
1989Dickson Prize in Science
1991Albert Einstein World Award of Science
1994Roger Revelle Medal
1994Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1995Foreign Member of the Royal Society
2004Died in Newport Beach, Orange County (Parkinson's disease)
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Frank Sherwood Rowland. Forever remembered.