Malcolm H. Chisholm

Malcolm H. Chisholm
FRS FRSE
Born Malcolm Harold Chisholm
(1945-10-15)15 October 1945
Bombay, British India
Died 20 November 2015(2015-11-20) (aged 70)
Worthington, Ohio, US
Cause of death cancer
Nationality Scottish
Education Queen Mary College
Known for Organometallic complexes with metal-metal bonds
Scientific career
Fields Inorganic Chemistry
Institutions
Doctoral advisor Donald Charlton Bradley
Other academic advisors Howard Charles Clark

Malcolm H. Chisholm,FRS FRSE (15 October 1945 - 20 November 2015) was a Scottish inorganic chemist who was a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Distinguished University Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University[1] who contributed to the synthesis and structural chemistry of transition metal complexes.[2]

Early life and education

Malcolm Harold Chisholm was born to Scottish parents on 15 October 1945 in Bombay, British India. Six months after his birth, Chisholm moved with his parents back to family's home of Inverness, Scotland. At the age of 3, his family moved again to southern England where he obtained his early education. He later went to Queen Mary College and received a B.Sc. in 1966 and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 1969 while working under the direction of Donald C. Bradley. After receiving his Ph.D., Chisholm when to the University of Western Ontario to work as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Howard Charles Clark from 1969 to 1972.[3][4]

Career

He received his PhD at Queen Mary College and carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Western Ontario. He held faculty positions at Princeton University, Indiana University, and Ohio State University. He achieved recognition for developing the chemistry of alkoxy- and amido-supported complexes of dimolybdenum and ditungsten, illustrated by Mo2(NMe2)6.[5]

Recognition

Chisholm received several awards and honors, among them:

He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 1990,[6] a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005,[7] a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005[2] and a member of the Leopoldina in 2004.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "In Memoriam: Chemistry Professor Malcolm H. Chisholm". Ohio State University. 23 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Davis, Tinsley H. (26 June 2007). "Profile of Malcolm H. Chisholm". PNAS. 104 (26): 10759–10761. doi:10.1073/pnas.0701259104.
  3. ↑ Puddephatt, Richard J. (7 December 2016). "Malcolm Harold Chisholm. 15 October 1945 — 20 November 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 117–136. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0025. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Murillo, Carlos A. "Malcolm H. Chisholm (1945–2015) passed away on 20 November 2015". Inorganica Chimica Acta.
  5. ↑ Chisholm, Malcolm H.; Cotton, F. Albert; Frenz, B. A.; Reichert, W. W.; Shive, L. W.; Stults, B. Ray (1976). "The molybdenum-molybdenum triple bond. 1. Hexakis(dimethylamido)dimolybdenum and Some Homologs: Preparation, Structure, and Properties". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 98: 4469–4476. doi:10.1021/ja00431a024. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Fellows Directory: Malcolm Chisholm". The Royal Society.
  7. ↑ "Professor Malcolm Harold Chisholm FRS CorrFRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
  8. ↑ "Neugewählte Mitglieder 2004" [newly elected members 2004] (PDF). Leopoldina: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher (in German). 2005. p. 18.
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