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(1912-01-15)January 15, 1912 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died April 14, 2007(2007-04-14) (aged 95) Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States Fields Chemistry Institutions
National Academy of Sciences Harvard University Alma mater
Dartmouth College  Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 –
April 14, 2007) was an American chemist. He was the Morris Loeb
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard University, and the
Westheimer medal is named in his honour.  Born in Baltimore, he
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932 and earned his
doctorate in chemistry from Harvard in 1935. He was a member of
President Lyndon Johnson's science advisory committee from 1967
to 1970. He also chaired the National Academy of Sciences
Committee for the Survey of Chemistry.[1]  Westheimer started
his doctoral research with James Bryant Conant. When Conant
became president of Harvard, he abandoned res