Draft:Stanley J. Cristol

Stanley Jerome Cristol (June 14, 1916—January 23, 2008) was an American organic chemist. A chemistry professor and long-time faculty member of the University of Colorado Boulder Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, he was named Chair of the American Chemical Society Colorado Section in 1952, was a two-time Guggenheim Fellowship awardee in 1955 and 1980, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1972.

Education
He received a Bachelor of Science with highest distinction from Northwestern University in 1937 and received his Ph. D. degree in organic chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles in 1943.

Career
In 1950, he was involved in an incident in which the flow of a fume hood was accidentally reversed during an experiment, blowing phosgene gas into the room and hospitalizing four students.