About Alfred P. Wolf
Lived 1923 – 1998 (aged 74–75). Alfred P. Wolf was an American chemist.
Alfred P. Wolf (February 13, 1923 – December 17, 1998) was an American nuclear and organic chemist.
Wolf was chairman of the Chemistry Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1988 elected to the National Academy of Sciences 1991 the Hevesy Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Award 1997 the Melvin Calvin Award of the International Isotope Society
Life and career 1923: born in Manhattan on February 13, 1923 1944: B.A., chemistry, Columbia University 1948: M.A., chemistry, Columbia University 1951: joined the Brookhaven National Laboratory 1952: Ph.D., chemistry, Columbia University 1957: senior chemist, the Brookhaven National Laboratory 1982: head of the Chemistry Department, the Brookhaven National Laboratory
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American chemist
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Alfred P. Wolf was born on 23 February 1923 in Manhattan.
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Alfred P. Wolf died in 1998.
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Alfred P. Wolf was a chemist.
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