George C. Pimentel: advisors and students

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George C. Pimentel

American chemist and academic1922 to 1989

Wikidata names Kenneth Pitzer as doctoral advisor and lists 5 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Kenneth Pitzer

Students on Wikidata5

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William Klemperer
born 1927
stated by Wikidata
John D. Baldeschwieler
born 1933
stated by Wikidata
Mario Molina
born 1943
stated by Wikidata
Geraldine L. Richmond
born 1953
stated by Wikidata
Louis Allamandola

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataKenneth Pitzer
2 steps up
stated by WikidataWendell Mitchell Latimer
3 steps up
stated by WikidataGeorge Ernest Gibson
4 steps up
stated by WikidataOtto Lummer

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 25 people: 25 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

until 1949
University of California, Berkeley
studied
undated
University of California, Los Angeles
studied
undated
University of California, Berkeley
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, university teacher
awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1954, William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, 1985, Ellis R. Lippincott Award, 1980, National Medal of Science, 1983, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 1982, Franklin Medal, 1985, Priestley Medal, 1989, August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal, 1985, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Earle K. Plyler Prize, 1979, Welch Award in Chemistry, 1986, Linus Pauling Award, 1982, Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, 1983, George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, 1990, Bourke Award, 1975, American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal, 1988, Oesper Award, 1987, George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry, 1959, Remsen Award, 1971
member of: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, American Philosophical Society, from 1985
Wikipedia: in 12 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere8

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaGeorge C. Pimentel
stated by WikidataWikidataQ510601
stated by WikidataVIAF46849331
stated by WikidataGND1391817680
stated by WikidataIdRef033289115
stated by WikidataISNI0000000108960493

papers

stated by WikidataScopus6603964132

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project114849

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{George C. Pimentel: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q510601},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). George C. Pimentel: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q510601