John Ross
(1926 October 2 - 2017 February 18)
Education/Teaching Positions:
| 1948 | B.S. in Chemistry, Queens College, New York |
| 1950 | Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, M.I.T. |
Professional Experience:
| 1953-57 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Brown |
| 1957-62 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Brown |
| 1962-66 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Brown |
| 1971-80 | Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry, M.I.T. |
| 1980- | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stanford |
| 1983- | Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford (courtesy) |
| 1985- | Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor Chemistry, Stanford |
Honors and Awards:
| 1984 | Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 1984 | Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, Queens College, New York |
| 1987 | Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, University of Bordeaux, France |
| 1987 | Medal, Collége de France |
| 1992 | Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Chemical Society |
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Festschrift for his 70th birthday in the Journal of Physical Chemistry 100(49) on 1996 December 5.
In Memoriam at the Department of Chemistry, Stanford University.
Obituary from Stanford on 2017 February 24.
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John Ross on Wikipedia.
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John Ross was an Austrian-American scientist. Born to a Jewish family in Austria, Ross left Austria for America in 1939 to escape discrimination. He studied at the Massacusetts Institute of Technology, earning his Ph.D in physical chemistry in 1950. He went on to have an illustrious academic career, in Brown, Stanford, and MIT among others. He is remembered for his work on molecular beams, a tool that allows analysis of chemical reactions.