Walter Jennings (chemist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American chemist and entrepreneur
Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1922
Date of Death: 05-Jul-2012
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Walter Jennings (chemist)
- Walter Goodrich Jennings (March 2, 1922 – July 5, 2012) was an American chemist, educator and entrepreneur.
- He was co-founder of J&W Scientific, which became the world's largest supplier of fused silica columns; the company was purchased by Agilent Technologies in 2000. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa and grew up in Glendale, California.
- From 1940 to 1942, Jennings worked on a survey crew for the Union Pacific Railroad.
- He served with the United States Army in Europe during World War II.
- With the aid of the GI Bill, Jennings enrolled at the University of California at Davis with the aim of earning a degree in dairy science.
- He earned a Bachelor, Masters and PhD, eventually becoming a professor emeritus.
- His interest in flavor chemistry led him to investigate technologies such as gas chromatography to help investigate the chemistry behind the flavor.
- This led to technological innovations in support of gas chromatography including the production of fused silica (glass) capillary columns for separation of chemical compounds through this specialized analytical chemistry technique.
- Jennings and a graduate student began manufacturing capillary columns for gas chromatography; originally operating out of a garage, they went on to form a manufacturing company J & W Scientific based in Folsom, CA.Jennings produced over 200 publications in his field and was also in demand as a lecturer.
- He was awarded a Humboldt Fellowship in 1973, the Founders Award in Gas Chromatography from the Beckman Foundation, the M.J.E.
- Golay Award, the Keene P.
- Dimick Award, and the A.J.P.
- Martin Gold Medal from the Chromatographic Society.
- In 2004, he received the ANACHEM Award.
- He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 from LCGC (Liquid Chromatography-Gas Chromatography).
- Jennings was chairman of the American Chemical Society Flavor Chemistry and Chromatography and Separation Science subdivisions. Jennings died at home at the age of 90.
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