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Biographical Notes
Isabella Karle
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1921, Dec. 2 | Born Isabella Helen Lugoski, Detroit, Mich. |
| 1941 | B.S., chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1942 | M.S., physical chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Married Jerome Karle (died 2013) |
| 1944 | Ph.D., physical chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Research Associate, Manhattan Project, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1944-1946 | Chemistry instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1946-2009 | Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. (Head of Laboratory for the Structure of Matter X-Ray Analysis Section beginning in 1968) |
| 1965 | Awarded Navy Superior Civilian Service Award |
| 1968 | Awarded Society of Women Engineers Annual Achievement Award |
| 1970 | Awarded American Chemical Society Hillebrand Prize |
| 1973 | Awarded Federal Woman’s Award |
| 1976 | President, American Crystallographic Association Awarded American Chemical Society Garvan Medal |
| 1978 | Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
| 1980 | Awarded Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement, Office of Naval Research |
| 1984 | Awarded American Institute of Chemists Chemical Pioneer Award |
| 1986 | Awarded Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award (WISE) |
| 1987 | Awarded Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Achievement in Science Award |
| 1988 | Awarded Gregory Aminoff Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Awarded Navy League Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award |
| 1991 | Awarded National Institutes of Health Paul Ehrlich Prize |
| 1992 | Awarded American Peptide Society Vincent du Vigneaud Award Elected to American Philosophical Society |
| 1993 | Awarded the Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1995 | Awarded National Medal of Science, Chemistry Awarded National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences Awarded Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award |
| 1997 | Awarded American Chemical Society Ralph Hirschmann Award in Peptide Science |
| 1998 | Awarded Naval Research Laboratory Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2002 | Awarded Office of Naval Research Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science |
| 2017, Oct. 3 | Died, Arlington, Va. |
Jerome Karle
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1918, June 18 | Born Jerome Karfunkle, New York, N.Y. |
| 1937 | B.S., chemistry and biology, City College of New York, New York, N.Y. |
| 1938 | M.A., biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1938-1940 | Laboratory technician, New York State Health Department, Albany, N.Y. |
| 1942 | Married Isabella Helen Lugoski (died 2017) |
| 1943-1944 | Technician, Manhattan Project, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1944 | Ph.D., physical chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1944-1946 | Laboratory technician, Naval Research Laboratory, Lubrication Section, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1946-1968 | Supervisory physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1951-1970 | Lecturer, University College of University of Maryland, College Park, Md. |
| 1952-1955 | Member, United States National Committee for Crystallography |
| 1961 | Elected fellow, American Physical Society |
| 1967-1987 | Member, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council |
| 1968 | Appointed Chair of Science, Naval Research Laboratory Awarded Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award |
| 1968-2009 | Chief scientist, Laboratory for the Structure of Matter, Naval Research Laboratory |
| 1970 | Awarded American Chemical Society Hillebrand Prize |
| 1971 | Vice president, American Crystallographic Association |
| 1972 | President, American Crystallographic Association |
| 1973-1975 | Chairman, United States National Committee for Crystallography |
| 1974-1975 | Chairman, National Research Council committee, “Status and Future Potential of Crystallography” |
| 1976 | Elected to National Academy of Sciences Awarded Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement, Office of Naval Research |
| 1976-1977 | Consultant, National Science Foundation |
| 1979-1981 | Member, Committee on Chemistry and Federal Policy, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1981-1984 | President, International Union of Crystallography |
| 1984 | Awarded American Crystallographic Association Patterson Award |
| 1985 | Awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry (with Herbert A. Hauptman) |
| 1986 | Awarded President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Awarded Secretary of Navy Award for Distinguished Achievement in Science Awarded Navy League Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award Awarded National Library of Medicine medal |
| 1988-1991 | Chairman, Chemistry Section, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1990 | Elected member, American Philosophical Society |
| 1993 | Awarded Naval Research Laboratory Lifetime Achievement award |
| 1994 | Awarded 1992 Ettore Majorana-Erice “Science for Peace” Prize |
| 2002 | Awarded Office of Naval Research Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science |
| 2013, June 6 | Died, Annandale, Va. |