Corwin Hansch

Corwin Hansch
Born Corwin Herman Hansch
(1918-10-06)October 6, 1918
Kenmare, North Dakota
Died May 8, 2011(2011-05-08) (aged 92)
Claremont, California
Nationality American
Fields Organic Chemistry
Institutions Pomona College
Manhattan Project
Alma mater University of Illinois
New York University
Notable awards Tolman Award (1975)
Spouse Gloria J. Hansch (nee Tomasulo) (m.1945?–2011) (his death) (1 child)

Corwin Herman Hansch (October 6, 1918 – May 8, 2011)[1] was a Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College in California. He became known as the 'father of computer-assisted molecule design.'[2]

Early life and childhood

He was born on October 6, 1918 in Kenmare, North Dakota.

Education

He earned a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1940 and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1944.

Career

Hansch worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and as a group leader at DuPont Nemours in Richland, Washington. In February 1946 he received an academic position at Pomona College.[3]

Hansch taught Organic Chemistry for many years at Pomona College, and was known for giving complex lectures without using notes. His course in Physical Bio-Organic Medicinal Chemistry was ground-breaking at an undergraduate level.

Hansch may be best known as the father of the concept of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), the quantitative correlation of the physicochemical properties of molecules with their biological activities.

He is also noted for the Hansch equation, which is used in

Research Interests: Organic Chemistry; Interaction of organic chemicals with living organisms, Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR).

Death

He died of pneumonia on May 8, 2011 in Claremont, California at 92.[1]

Notes

His research group at Pomona College worked on QSAR studies and in building and expanding the database of chemical and physical data as C-QSAR and Bioloom. His postgraduate associates were Rajni Garg, Cynthia D Selassie, Suresh Babu Mekapati, and Alka Kurup.

The Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design carried four obituaries (as found in a Pubmed personal subject [ps] search).[4][5][6][7]

Bibliography

A preliminary search in WorldCat and in PubMed, two among many relevant bibliographic and citation indexes, shows the following:

The Pomona College Archives holds reprints of Hansch’s articles published between 1962 and 2009 in addition to other materials.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Maugh, Thomas H. [II] (May 31, 2011). "Corwin Hansch dies at 92; scientist whose advances led to new drugs and chemicals". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Weber, Jamie (2013). "Guide to the Corwin Hansch Collection" (PDF). Pomona College Archives. Claremont, CA 91711. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. "1975 Tolman Award Medalist, Dr. Corwin Hansch, Carnegie Professor of Chemistry, Pomona College". Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society.
  4. Martin, Yvonne C (Jun 29, 2011). "Remembrances of Corwin Hansch". J Comput Aided Mol Des. 25 (6): 519–523. doi:10.1007/s10822-011-9452-y. PMID 21713458.
  5. Martin, Yvonne C; Stouch, Terry (June 28, 2011). "In tribute to Corwin Hansch, father of QSAR". J Comput Aided Mol Des. 25 (6): 491. doi:10.1007/s10822-011-9449-6. PMID 21710390.
  6. Fujita, Toshio (June 22, 2011). "In memoriam professor Corwin Hansch: birth pangs of QSAR before 1961". J Comput Aided Mol Des. 25 (6): 509–517. doi:10.1007/s10822-011-9450-0. PMID 21695492.
  7. Selassie, Cynthia Rachel (June 21, 2011). "Obituary: Corwin H. Hansch". J Comput Aided Mol Des. 25 (6): 493–494. doi:10.1007/s10822-011-9445-x. PMID 21691812.
  8. "[WorldCat search - books authored, edited, contributed]". WorldCat. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  9. "281 articles, author search". Pubmed. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  10. "33 authored reviews.". Pubmed. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  11. "title word Pubmed records". PubMed. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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