Glen Russell was born in Rensselaer County, New York, in 1925. He received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Degree in 1947 and a Master of Science degree in Chemistry in 1948 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1951 from Purdue University.
He worked as a Research Associate in the General Electric Research Laboratory at Schenectady, New York, from 1954-1961. Russell served as an Associate Professor from 1958-1961, and a Professor from 1961-1998 in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
Russell received the American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry (1965); the Iowa Award sponsored by the Iowa City section of the American Chemical Society (1972); the Midwest Award of the American Chemical Society sponsored by the St. Louis section (1974); the American Chemical Society's James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (1983); and the Iowa Governor's Science Medal (1988).
Russell was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1959-1961), a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Würzburg, Germany (1966), a Reilly Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame (1966), a John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow at the Cendre d'Etude Nucléaires de Grenoble, France (1972), a Fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science (1983), and a Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble, France (1985).
He served as a chairman of the Gordon Research Conferences on Hydrocarbon Chemistry and of Radical Ions; was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1966-1975, and for the Journal of Organic Chemistry from 1986-1988. Russell authored over 275 research publications and presented over 350 invited lectures.
Russell died on Jan. 1, 1998 and is buried in the Iowa State University Cemetery.
He was married to Dr. Martha E. Russell, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
He worked as a Research Associate in the General Electric Research Laboratory at Schenectady, New York, from 1954-1961. Russell served as an Associate Professor from 1958-1961, and a Professor from 1961-1998 in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
Russell received the American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry (1965); the Iowa Award sponsored by the Iowa City section of the American Chemical Society (1972); the Midwest Award of the American Chemical Society sponsored by the St. Louis section (1974); the American Chemical Society's James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (1983); and the Iowa Governor's Science Medal (1988).
Russell was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1959-1961), a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Würzburg, Germany (1966), a Reilly Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame (1966), a John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow at the Cendre d'Etude Nucléaires de Grenoble, France (1972), a Fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science (1983), and a Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble, France (1985).
He served as a chairman of the Gordon Research Conferences on Hydrocarbon Chemistry and of Radical Ions; was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1966-1975, and for the Journal of Organic Chemistry from 1986-1988. Russell authored over 275 research publications and presented over 350 invited lectures.
Russell died on Jan. 1, 1998 and is buried in the Iowa State University Cemetery.
He was married to Dr. Martha E. Russell, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
Glen Russell was born in Rensselaer County, New York, in 1925. He received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Degree in 1947 and a Master of Science degree in Chemistry in 1948 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1951 from Purdue University.
He worked as a Research Associate in the General Electric Research Laboratory at Schenectady, New York, from 1954-1961. Russell served as an Associate Professor from 1958-1961, and a Professor from 1961-1998 in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
Russell received the American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry (1965); the Iowa Award sponsored by the Iowa City section of the American Chemical Society (1972); the Midwest Award of the American Chemical Society sponsored by the St. Louis section (1974); the American Chemical Society's James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (1983); and the Iowa Governor's Science Medal (1988).
Russell was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1959-1961), a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Würzburg, Germany (1966), a Reilly Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame (1966), a John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow at the Cendre d'Etude Nucléaires de Grenoble, France (1972), a Fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science (1983), and a Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble, France (1985).
He served as a chairman of the Gordon Research Conferences on Hydrocarbon Chemistry and of Radical Ions; was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1966-1975, and for the Journal of Organic Chemistry from 1986-1988. Russell authored over 275 research publications and presented over 350 invited lectures.
Russell died on Jan. 1, 1998 and is buried in the Iowa State University Cemetery.
He was married to Dr. Martha E. Russell, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
He worked as a Research Associate in the General Electric Research Laboratory at Schenectady, New York, from 1954-1961. Russell served as an Associate Professor from 1958-1961, and a Professor from 1961-1998 in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
Russell received the American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry (1965); the Iowa Award sponsored by the Iowa City section of the American Chemical Society (1972); the Midwest Award of the American Chemical Society sponsored by the St. Louis section (1974); the American Chemical Society's James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (1983); and the Iowa Governor's Science Medal (1988).
Russell was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1959-1961), a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Würzburg, Germany (1966), a Reilly Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame (1966), a John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow at the Cendre d'Etude Nucléaires de Grenoble, France (1972), a Fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science (1983), and a Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble, France (1985).
He served as a chairman of the Gordon Research Conferences on Hydrocarbon Chemistry and of Radical Ions; was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1966-1975, and for the Journal of Organic Chemistry from 1986-1988. Russell authored over 275 research publications and presented over 350 invited lectures.
Russell died on Jan. 1, 1998 and is buried in the Iowa State University Cemetery.
He was married to Dr. Martha E. Russell, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry at Iowa State University.
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