Gilbert Stork is known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a lifelong fascination with the synthesis of quinine.
11 Facts About Gilbert Stork
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Gilbert Stork was an accomplished mentor of young chemists and many of his students have gone on to make significant contributions in their own right.
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Gilbert Stork was born in the Ixelles municipality of Brussels, Belgium on December 31,1921.
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Gilbert Stork's family had Jewish origins, although Gilbert himself didn't recall them being religiously active.
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Gilbert Stork studied for a Bachelor of Science at the University of Florida, from 1940 to 1942.
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The steak began to degrade and to dispose of it Gilbert Stork put it in a hot acid bath used to clean glassware which contained nitric and sulphuric acids.
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Gilbert Stork was then concerned he would produce nitroglycerine due to the glycerine in the steak and the presence of nitric and sulphuric acids.
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Professor Gilbert Stork received a number of awards and honors including the following:.
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The inaugural Gilbert Stork Lecture was held in his honor in 2014 at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Gilbert Stork named lecture series are held at other institutions, including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, as a result of his endowments.
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Gilbert Stork was feted for his sense of humor and colorful personality by historian of chemistry Jeffrey I Seeman who published a collection of "Storkisms".