Donald J. Cram

Donald James Cram
Donald James Cram
Born	April 22, 1919; Chester, Vermont
Died	June 17, 2001 (aged 82); Palm Desert, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rollins College (BS) ; University of Nebraska (MS) ; Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Cram's rule; Host–guest chemistry; phenonium ions; paracyclophanes
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987); Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1989); National Medal of Science (1993); Guggenheim fellowship (1955)
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	UCLA, Merck & Co, MIT
Theses	Amino ketones, mechanism studies of the reactions of heterocyclic secondary amines with -bromo-, -unsaturated ketones. (1942); Syntheses and reactions of 2-(ketoalkyl)-3-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinones (1947);
Doctoral advisor	Louis Fieser
Doctoral students	M. Frederick Hawthorne; Norman L. Allinger

Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 – June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They were the founders of the field of host–guest chemistry.

Donald James Cram
Born	April 22, 1919 Chester, Vermont
Died	June 17, 2001 (aged 82) Palm Desert, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rollins College (BS) University of Nebraska (MS) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Cram's rule Host–guest chemistry phenonium ions paracyclophanes
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987) Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1989) National Medal of Science (1993) Guggenheim fellowship (1955)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	UCLA, Merck & Co, MIT
Theses	Amino ketones, mechanism studies of the reactions of heterocyclic secondary amines with -bromo-, -unsaturated ketones. (1942) Syntheses and reactions of 2-(ketoalkyl)-3-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinones (1947)
Doctoral advisor	Louis Fieser
Doctoral students	M. Frederick Hawthorne Norman L. Allinger