Eugene G. Rochow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American chemist
Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1909
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 21-Mar-2002
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Eugene G. Rochow
- Eugene George Rochow (October 4, 1909 – March 21, 2002) was an American inorganic chemist.
- Rochow worked on organosilicon chemistry; in the 1940s, he described the direct process, also known as the Rochow process or Müller-Rochow process. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Rochow grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey and attended Columbia High School, where teachers fostered his interest in math and chemistry.
- He obtained both B.S.
- and Ph.D.
- degrees from Cornell University in 1931 and 1935 respectively.
- Upon completion of his Ph.D., he began working for a General Electric subsidiary.
- In 1948, Rochow resigned from GE due to his Quaker beliefs.
- He joined the faculty at Harvard University where he remained until his retirement in 1970.
- He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.
- He is known for developing, with A.
- Louis Allred, the Allred-Rochow electronegativity scale.
- In 1962, he was awarded the Perkin Medal.
- Rochow died in Fort Myers, Florida aged 92.
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