John S. Waugh

John Stewart Waugh (April 25, 1929 – August 22, 2014) was an American chemist and educator. He was an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for making normal hamiltonian theory and using it to extend NMR spectroscopy, before only limited to liquids, to the solid state. In 1974, he was elected as a member in the Chemistry section of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). In 1983, he was awarded Wolf Prize in Chemistry with Herbert S. Gutowsky and Harden M. McConnell.

Waugh was born in Willimantic, Connecticut. He was married to Susan and had two children.

Waugh died on August 22, 2014 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, aged 85.

References

Other websites
 John S. Waugh  at the Wolf Foundation website
 John S. Waugh  at the MIT Department of Chemistry webpage

Category:1929 births
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Category:American chemists
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
Category:Scientists from Connecticut
Category:Wolf Prize winners