Leo Brewer
Leo Brewer | |
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Brewer in 1966 | |
| Born | June 13, 1919 |
| Died | February 22, 2005 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | High-temperature thermodynamics |
| Awards | L. H. Baekeland Award (1953) Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1961) Olin Palladium Award (1971) William Hume-Rothery Award (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | Axel Ragnar Olson |
| Notes | |
Considered one of the founders of high-temperature chemistry. Member of the Manhattan Project. | |
Leo Brewer (13 June 1919, St. Louis, Missouri – 22 February 2005, Lafayette, California) was an American physical chemist. Considered to be the founder of modern high-temperature chemistry, Brewer received his BS from the California Institute of Technology in 1940 and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942. Brewer joined the Manhattan Project following his graduate work, and joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley in 1946. Leo Brewer married Rose Strugo (died 1989) in 1945. They had three children, Beth Gaydos, Roger Brewer, and Gail Brewer. He died in 2005 as a result of Beryllium poisoning from his work in World War II.