Calvin, Melvin

1911 - He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on the 8th of April.

1931 - He received the B.S. degree in Chemistry at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology.

1935 - Finished the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota.

1937 - He began his academic career at the University of California at Berkeley as an instructor.

1947 - Became a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

1946 - Served as Director of the big-organic chemistry group in the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

1935 - Completed his thesis on the electron affinity of halogens, under the direction of Professor George A. Glocker at the University of Minnesota.

1936 - His two-year postdoctoral period was spent with Professor Michael Polanyi at the University of Manchester.

1961 - Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

1942 - Married Genevieve Jemtegaard and they had three children, two daughters and a son.

1963 - He was given the additional title of Professor of Molecular Biology.

Served on the Science Advisory Committee under Presidents Kennedy.

1989 - Received the Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society.

1997 - Melvin Ellis Calvin died on 8th of January.