George B. Kauffman
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
History of Science, Chemical Education, Inorganic Chemistry,
Coordination Chemistry, Inorganic Syntheses

Education:

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania B.A. (Honors in Chemistry), 1951
• University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Ph.D., 1956

Teaching and Research Experience:

• Research Participant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1955
• Instructor in Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, 1955-56
• Research Chemist, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Baytown, Texas, 1955
• Research Chemist, Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department, General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1957, 1959
• Supervisor of 35 Independent Study Projects
• Courses: General Chemistry; Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Preparations; Chemical Calculations; Seminar; Independent Study; Mysticism, Ancient & Modern, Eastern & Western; Judaism

Publications:

• 16 books and more than 2,100 papers (148 with 70 student coauthors), reviews, and encyclopedia articles on chemical education, chemistry, and history of science, a number of which have been translated into foreign languages. ISI designated one of his articles, coauthored with former student Dr. Dwaine O. Cowan, as a "Citation Classic,"-one of the most frequently cited works in its field."

BOOKS

(1)"Alfred Werner: Founder of Coordination Chemistry," George B. Kauffman; Foreword by John C. Bailar, Jr.; Springer-Verlag: Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1966.
(2)"Werner Centennial," George B. Kauffman, Symposium Chairman; ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 62; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1967.
(3)"Classics in Coordination Chemistry, Part 1: The Selected Papers of Alfred Werner;" Translated, edited, and with commentary and essays by George B. Kauffman; Volume VI in the "Classics of Science" Series, Gerald Holton, General Editor; Dover Publications, Inc.: New York, 1968.
(4)"Teaching the History of Chemistry: A Symposium, San Francisco, California U.S.A., April 1968;" Edited by George B. Kauffman; Akadémiai Kiadó, Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Budapest, Hungary, 1971.
(5)"Classics in Coordination Chemistry, Part 2: Selected Papers (1789-1899);" Translated, edited, and with commentary and essays by George B. Kauffman; Foreword by John C. Bailar, Jr.; Volume VII in the "Classics of Science" Series, Gerald Holton, General Editor; Dover Publications, Inc.: New York, 1976.
(6)"Coordination Chemistry: Its History Through the Time of Werner" (Audiotape and Book), George B. Kauffman; Topics in the History of Chemistry Series, Leo Schubert and George B. Kauffman, Coeditors; ACS Audio Courses; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1977.
(7)"Classics in Coordination Chemistry, Part 3: Twentieth-Century Papers (1904-1935);" Translated, edited, and with commentary and essays by George B. Kauffman; Foreword by Prof. Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson F.R.S.; Volume VIII in the "Classics of Science" Series, Gerald Holton, General Editor; Dover Publications, Inc.: New York, 1978.
(8)"A Brief History of Analytical Chemistry" (Audiotape and Book), Ferenc Szabadváry; Translated, edited, and read by George B. Kauffman; Topics in the History of Chemistry Series, George B. Kauffman, Editor; ACS Audio Courses; American Chemical Society: Washington,DC, 1981.
(9)"Inorganic Coordination Compounds," George B. Kauffman; Foreword by Prof. Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, F.R.S.; Volume I in "Nobel Prize Topics in Chemistry: A Series of Historical Monographs on Fundamentals of Chemistry;" Heyden and Son, Ltd.: London, Philadelphia, and Rheine, West Germany, 1981.
(10)"The Central Science: Essays on the Uses of Chemistry," Edited by George B. Kauffman and H. Harry Szmant; Introduction by Glenn T. Seaborg; Texas Christian University Press: Fort Worth, TX, 1984.            
(11)"Frederick Soddy (1877-1956): Early Pioneer in Radiochemistry," George B. Kauffman; Introduction by Glenn T. Seaborg; Volume in the "Chemists and Chemistry" Series; D. Reidel Publishing Company: Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, Tokyo, 1986.
(12)"Aleksandr Porfir'evich Borodin: A Chemist's Biography," by N. A. Figurovskii and Yu. I. Solov'ev; Translated, edited, and with annotations, commentary, and updating by Charlene Steinberg and George B. Kauffman; Introduction by Martin D. Kamen; Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1988.
(13)"Coordination Chemistry Centennial Symposium (C3S) Issue," Polyhedron: The International Journal for Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Volume13, Number 3, George B. Kauffman, Guest Editor, July, 1994.
(14)"Coordination Chemistry: A Century of Progress," Edited by George B. Kauffman; ACS Symposium Series No. 565; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1994.
(15)"Classics in Coordination Chemistry;" Translated, edited, and with commentary and essays by George B. Kauffman; Volume I in the series "Chemistry: Concepts and Applications: A Resource Series for Teachers;" International Union of Pure             and Applied Chemistry Committee on Teaching of Chemistry (IUPAC CTC); Shatabdi Computers Pvt. Ltd.: Delhi, India, 1995.
(16)"Metal and Nonmetal Biguanide Complexes," Ranajit K. Ray and George B. Kauffman; Foreword by Fred Basolo; New Age International (P), Ltd.: New Delhi, India, 1999.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

(1912)"Alfred Walter Stewart (1880-1947)," George B. Kauffman, in "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography," Brian Harrison, Editor; Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, 2004, Vol. 52, pp 627-628.
 (1914)"Valley Voices: Goodyear patently improved our lives," George B. Kauffman, The Fresno Bee, 165, No. 29917, B9 (Saturday, January 8, 2005).
 (1932)"Obituary: Élogue: Christian Klixbüll Jørgensen (1931-2001)," George B. Kauffman, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 58(5), 381-389 (March 20, 2005).

(1933)"In Memoriam Levi Tansjö (1929-2003), Chemist and Historian of Chemistry:
Personal Tribute," George B. Kauffman, Horst Remane, and Jan Sandström, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(2), 145-150 (April 1, 2005).

(1939)"Valley Voices: Join in the Earth Day Celebration," George B. Kauffman, The Fresno Bee, 165, No. 30015, B9 (Saturday, April 16, 2005).

(1941)"Nitinol, the memory metal; Nitinol, el metal con memoria," in "Sentalloy: The Inside History of Superelasticity; La Fascinante historia de la Superelasticidad," Dr. Alberto Teramoto Ohara, Editor, GAC International Books: Bohemia, NY, 2005, pp 42-51 (in English and Spanish).

(1944)"CFCs: On the 75th Anniversary of Their Introduction as Commercial Refrigerants by Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944)," George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(3), 217-226 (June 1, 2005).

(1955)"Other Opinions: Accidents can happen—in a very good way [Nitinol, the Memory Metal]," George B. Kauffman and Isaac Mayo, The Fresno Bee, 166, No. 30085, B9 (Saturday, June 25, 2005).

(1956)"A Look Back at ACS National Presidents, XI. Roger Adams 1889-1971," George B. Kauffman, The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma, 96(2), 36-37 (Summer, 2005).

(1957)"A Look Back at ACS National Presidents, XII. Edward Bartow 1870-1958," George B. Kauffman, The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma, 96(2), 37 (Summer, 2005).

(1958)"Radiocarbon Dating: Willard F. Libby (1908-1980) on the 25th Anniversary of      His Death," George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator, 10(4), 310-316 (August 1, 2005).

(1967)"Zur Erinnerung an Levi Tansjö (1929-2003), Chemiker und Chemiehistoriker," Horst Remane, George B. Kauffman, and Jan Sandström, NTM: Internationale Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Ethik der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin [New Series], 13(3), 185-187 (2005) (in German).

(1968)"Marguerite Perey (1909-1975): A Personal Retrospective Tribute on the 30th Anniversary of Her Death," Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(5), 378-386 (October 1, 2005).

(1969)"Francium (Atomic Number 87), the Last Discovered Natural Element," Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(5), 387-394 (October 1, 2005).

(1970)"Triumph over Prejudice: The Election of Radiochemist Marguerite Perey (1909-1975) to the French Académie des Sciences," Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(5), 395-399 (October 1, 2005).

 (1977)"Valley Voices: Discover the fun in chemistry toys [National Chemistry Week, 2005]," George B. Kauffman, The Fresno Bee, 166, No. 30197, B9 (Saturday, October 15, 2005).
(1979)"A Look Back at ACS National Presidents, XIII. Edward Ray Weidlein 1887-1983," George B. Kauffman, The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma, 96(3), 64 (Fall, 2005).
(1980)"A Look Back at ACS National Presidents, XIV. Frank Clifford Whitmore 1887-1947," George B. Kauffman, The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma, 96(3), 65 (Fall, 2005).
 (1982)"Coordination Chemistry: History," George B. Kauffman, in "Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry,"second edition, edited by R. Bruce King, John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, England, NY, 2005, Vol. II, pp. 1031-1053.
(1983)"Thomas Graham: 200 years on," George B. Kauffman, Education in Chemistry, 38(2), 151-152, 155(November, 2005).
 (1985)"Thomas Graham: Father of Colloid Chemistry—On the 200th Anniversary of His Birth," George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(6), 457-462 (December 1, 2005).
(1986)"Peer Review Pioneer: Arthur Becket Lamb (1880-1952) on the 125th Anniversary of His Birth," George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2005, 10(6), 463-469 (December 1, 2005).
 (1992)"Zur Erinnerung an Levi Tansjö (1929-2003), Chemiker und Chemiehistoriker," Horst Remane, George B. Kauffman, and Jan Sandström, Mitteilungen der Wilhelm-Ostwald-Gesellschaft zu Grossbothen e.V., 10(3), 66-69 (2005) (in German).
 (1995)"Béla Lengyel (1844-1913): A Prominent and Versatile Hungarian Chemist," George B. Kauffman and Mihály T. Beck, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(1), 45-48 (February 3, 2006).
 (2002)"Pierre Curie (1859-1906): A Retrospective View on the Centenary of His Death," Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(2), 110-117 (April 1, 2006).

 (2009)"Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956): A Retrospective View on the 50th Anniversary of Her Death," by Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(3), 199-205 (June 1, 2006).

(2010)"Robert Hare (1781-1858): An Early American Scientist and Inventor on the 225th Anniversary of His Birth," by George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(3), 206-213 (June 1, 2006).
 (2019)”Radioactivity and Isotopes: A Retrospective View of Frederick Soddy (1877-1956) on the 50th Anniversary of His Death,” George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(4), 289-297 (August 1, 2006).
(2023)"Marguerite Catherine Perey (1909-1975)," Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman, in "Out of the Shadows: Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics," Nina Byers and Gary Williams, Editors, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, England, 2006, Chapter 21, pp. 231-239.
 (2024)”Synthesis of Platinum(II) Chiral Tetraamine Coordination Complexes,” Adel Nefzi, Cornelia E. Hoesl, Clemencia Pinilla, George B. Kauffman, Gerald M. Maggiora, Elena Pasquale, and Richard A. Houghten, Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 8 (5), 780--783 (September 11, 2006).
(2025)”Sandwich Compounds of Transition Metals: A Retrospective View of Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921-1996) on the 10th Anniversary of His Death,” George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(5), 334-344 (October 1, 2006).
 (2030)"LSD: Albert Hofmann’s ‘Problem Child’," George B. Kauffman, Isaac Mayo, and G. Wayne Craig, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(6), 413-420 (December 1, 2006).
(2031)"LSD: Catalyst for a Pharmacological Revolution," G. Wayne Craig and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(6), 421-426 (December 1, 2006).
(2032)"Albert Hofmann: Life and Work. Sojourn of a Chemist of Nature," G. Wayne Craig and George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(6), 427-437 (December 1, 2006).
(2033)"Heavy Hydrogen, Geophysics, and Planetary Science: A Retrospective View of Harold C. Urey (1893-1981) on the 75th Anniversary of His Discovery of Deuterium and the 25th Anniversary of His Death," George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 11(6), 437-444 (December 1, 2006).
(2040)"Fluorine and Diamonds: A Retrospective View of Henri Moissan (1852-1907) on the 100th Anniversary of His Death," George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Educator 2006, 12(1), 37-46 (February 1, 2007).

Research Grants:

• 58 research grants, including "A Chemical-Historical Study of Werner's Coordination Theory (National Science Foundation), Universitat Zurich, 1963-64; "A Humanist Genius As Amateur Scientist: August Strindberg's Chemical and Alchemical Studies and Their Influence on His Literary and Dramatic Productions (National Endowment for the Humanities and Svenska Institutet), Stockholm, 1983

American Chemical Society Activities:

• Faculty Sponsor, FSC Student Affiliate Chapter, 1956-66
• Division of the History of Chemistry, Chairman, 1969-70; Symposium Chairman, 1966, 1968, 1970; Program Chairman, 1967-69
• Organizer and Presider, Werner Centennial Symposium, 152nd National ACS Meeting, 1966 (42 papers appeared in resulting volume under his editorship, ACS Advances in Chemistry Series, 1967)
• Northwest Tour Speaker, 1971
• Editor, History of Chemistry Series, ACS Audio courses, 1975-81
• Organizer and Presider, International Coordination Chemistry Centennial Symposium, 205th National ACS Meeting, 1993 (51 papers presented by speakers from 17 countries; 37 papers appeared in resulting volume under his editorship, ACS Symposium Series, 1994)

Awards and Honors:

• Science Talent Search winner (second in the City of Philadelphia), 1948
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1972
• Outstanding Professor (one of two faculty members chosen from among 16,000 in the 19-campus California State University System) in recognition of his "creative teaching and scholarly endeavor," 1973
• Manufacturing Chemists Association Catalyst Award for Excellence in College Chemistry Teaching (one of four national winners), 1976
• International Dexter Award in the History of Chemistry "for meritorious services over a long period of time which have resulted in the advancement of the history of chemistry," 1978
• California State University System, Exceptional Merit Service Award, 1984
• California State University System, Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, 1986, 1988
• N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General & Inorganic Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, awarded him all three of its medals-the Chugaev, 1976; Kurnakov, 1990; and Chernyaev Medals, 1991
• Marc-Auguste Pictet Medal, Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 1992
• George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, the ACS's top award in the field, 1993
• First recipient, President's Medal of Distinction, "the highest non-degree award presented by CSUF...to citizens of the region, state or nation whose contribution in the area of professional achievements or public service are of national or international significance, or represent a contribution of great significance to the university," 1994
• Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, American Chemical Society, 2000
• Laudatory Decree for Contributions to Chemistry and the History of Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2000
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002
• Helen M. Free Award for Public Outreach, American Chemical Society, 2002
• 50 Years of Service, American Chemical Society, 2002
• Legislative Action Honor Roll, American Chemical Society recognizing “ACS members who have demonstrated a deep commitment to the promotion of legislation and policy that advances science…[and] developed relationships with their members of Congress by communicating with them on a regular basis to promote the interests of chemistry,” 2003-

Miscellaneous:

• USSR Academy of Sciences invited him to contribute two articles on relations between Mendeleev and American chemists to a volume celebrating the centenary of the periodic system, the only Western scientist to be so honored, 1969
• Invited to present a paper and preside at the 13th International Congress on the History of Science in Moscow, being the only Western scientist to preside at the Congress, 1971
• Director, CSUF National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Program, 1972
• Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, 1976; University of Puget Sound, 1978
• More than a hundred lectures at local, national, and international meetings and symposia
• Introductory Plenary Lecture, 17th Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Smolenice Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia, June 7, 1999

Contributing Editorships:

• Journal of College Science Teaching ("Abstracts;" "Instructional Media"), 1973-
• The Hexagon, 1980-
• Polyhedron ("Historical Sketches" and editorial board member), 1982-85
• Industrial Chemist, 1985-88
• Journal of Chemical Education ("Products of Chemistry"), 1987-
• Today's Chemist, 1989-95
• The Chemical Intelligencer (also editorial board member), 1995-
• Today's Chemist at Work, 1995-
• Chemical Heritage, 1996-
• The Chemical Educator, 1996-
• Chem 13 News, 1998-2006

Biographical Directories:

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Prof. George B. Kauffman
Department of Chemistry
California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA 93740
USA
Telephone: (559) 323-9123
FAX: (559) 278-4402
E-mail: george_kauffman@csufresno.edu

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