| 词条 | Lewis Hastings Sarett |
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| name = Lewis Hastings Sarett | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = December 22, 1917 | birth_place = Champaign, Illinois | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|29|1917|12|22}} | death_place = Viola, Idaho | occupation = Organic chemist | spouse = Mary Adams Barrie (m. March 1, 1944 - div.June 28, 1969) Pamela Thorp | parents = | children = Mary Nicole and Katharine Wendy (1st wife) Will H. and Renee M. (2nd wife) }} Lewis Hastings Sarett (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American organic chemist. While serving as a research scientist at Merck & Co., Inc., synthesized cortisone. BiographyHe was born in Champaign, Illinois. His father was renowned poet and professor Lew Sarett,[1] and he was also an uncle of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.[2] He lived in Laona, Wisconsin for a time and then attended high school in Highland Park, Illinois . He received a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 1939 (Phi Beta Kappa) and his doctorate from Princeton University. He worked for Merck & Co. for 38 years retiring in 1982. He invented a Process of Treating Pregnene Compounds Cortisone, Patent Number 2,462,133. Named after him is the Sarett Oxidation which is the oxidation of an alcohol to a ketone or an aldehyde using chromic oxide and pyridine. Primary alcohols will be oxidised to aldehydes and not carboxylic acids. Honors and awards
References1. ^https://www.beloit.edu/archives/documents/archival_collections/alumni/lew_sarett 2. ^http://www.miltrosenberg.com/show/donald-rumsfeld-on-rumsfelds-rules/ 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theaic.org/award_winners/chem_pioneer.html#cpa60s|title=Chemical Pioneer Award|publisher=American Institute of Chemists|accessdate= 30 November 2015}} External links
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