caption doctoral_advisor death_date work_institution birth_place birth_date doctoral_students prizes image article_title name alma_mater
paul doughty bartlett james bryant conant 11 october 1997 rockefeller , texas christian university institute , university of minnesota , harvard university ann arbor , michigan , united states 14 august 1907 paul von ragué schleyer , james cullen martin acs gibbs award -lrb- 1963 -rrb- national medal of science -lrb- award 1968 -rrb- welch award -lrb- 1981 -rrb- in pure chemistry -lrb- 1938 -rrb- willard paul doughty bartlett.jpg paul doughty bartlett
 paul doughty bartlett amherst college , harvard university
paul doughty bartlett

paul doughty bartlett -lrb- august 14 , 1907 -- october 11 , 1997 -rrb- was an american chemist .
bartlett was born in ann arbor , michigan and grew up in indianapolis .
he received his b.a. from amherst college in 1928 .
after his graduation from harvard with james bryant conant , bartlett worked at the rockefeller institute and the university of minnesota .
most of his career was spent at harvard .
among other achievements , bartlett was co-author with lawrence h. knox of a classic paper on organic reaction mechanisms .
after his retirement in 1972 , he started his second career at texas christian university .
he was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1946 .
he was awarded the willard gibbs award in 1963 , national medal of science in 1968 , and the john price wetherill medal in 1970 .
