About Ernest L. Eliel
Lived 1921 – 2008 (aged 86). Ernest L. Eliel was an American chemist and university teacher.
Ernest Ludwig Eliel (December 28, 1921 – September 18, 2008) was an organic chemist born in Cologne, Germany. Among his awards were the Priestley Medal in 1996 and the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society in 1997.
When the Nazis came to power, he left Germany and moved to Scotland, then Canada, then Cuba. He received his B.S. from the University of Havana in 1946. In 1981, Eliel became a founding member of the World Cultural Council. He served as president of the American Chemical Society in 1992. In 1995 he received the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, and in 1996 he was awarded the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society. He died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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American chemist (1921-2008)
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Ernest L. Eliel was born on 28 December 1921 in Cologne.
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Ernest L. Eliel died on 18 September 2008 in Chapel Hill.
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Ernest L. Eliel was a chemist and university teacher.
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