Clyde A. Hutchison Jr.

Dr. Clyde Allen Hutchison Jr. (May 5, 1913 – August 29, 2005) was an American chemist notable for his research in magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Hutchison was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a chairman and professor of the department of chemistry at the University of Chicago. He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the American Chemical Society, Guggenheim fellow at Oxford University, the George Eastman Professor at Oxford University, and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also a recipient of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. He served as editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics from 1953 - 1955 and again from 1958 - 1959. Hutchison participated in the Manhattan Project. The University of Chicago said that Hutchison "pioneered research in magnetic resonance spectroscopy".

Chronology

 * 1913: born May 5 in Alliance, Ohio.
 * 1933: a bachelor's degree from Cedarville College
 * 1937: Ph.D. from Ohio State University
 * 1937–1939: a National Research Council Fellow and worked with Nobel laureate Harold Urey at Columbia University
 * 1939: an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Buffalo
 * 1940–1945: member of the Manhattan Project at Columbia University and the University of Virginia
 * 1945–1983: member of the faculty of the University of Chicago's Department of Chemistry
 * chairman of the department of chemistry 1959-1963
 * elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1963
 * 1983: retirement
 * 2005: died of prostate cancer on Aug. 29 at Montgomery Place Retirement Community in Chicago at age 92