Norman Allinger, Date of Birth

Norman Allinger

American computational chemist and academic

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1928

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Norman "Lou" Allinger (born c.
1928) is an American organic and computational chemist and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens. Professor Allinger received his B.S.
from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1951 and his Ph.D.
from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1954.
He was on the faculty at Wayne State University before coming to the University of Georgia as a research professor in 1969.
He is known for his pioneering efforts in the use of computational chemistry, especially molecular mechanics, to solve a variety of chemical problems.
He is the author of the MM2, MM3 and MM4 software packages.