309 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine SCIENCES, PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Dr. C.W. Kern was interested in the sciences from a young age, and upon receiving equipment from a defunct laboratory, he was able to construct his own laboratory in his family home. Matriculating in the Carnegie Institute of Technology, he earned a BS in 1957, and went on to earn a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1961. From 1961 to 1962, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in chemical physics at Columbia University, where for the following two years, he was a staff member in their IBM Watson Laboratory. Serving numerous institutions during his career, Dr. Kern served The Ohio State University in Columbus between 1966 and 1992 in varying capacities, including as an adjunct associate professor of chemistry, adjunct professor of chemistry, academy vice chairman of the Department of Chemistry, professor of chemistry, and dean of the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Punctuating these appointments, Dr. Kern also served the Battelle Memorial Institute as a research scientist, manager of the Chemical Physics Section, director of the Physical Science Program, institute scientist and consultant. Likewise, he was affiliated with the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., as a program director of theoretical chemical physics, senior staff associate of the Computer Science Research Network, program director of structural chemistry and thermodynamics, acting section head of physical chemistry and chemical dynamics, and acting director and deputy director of the Division of Chemistry. Dr. Kern joined Northwestern University in 1992, excelling as a professor in chemistry, vice president of research and graduate studies, and dean of the Graduate School. He attained emeritus status in 1998. He also served as executive secretary of the Director’s Task Force on Advanced Science Computing Resources and was co-chairman of current biological problems for the School for Physical Scientists. Furthermore, he has contributed articles to professional journals. He is especially proud of joining a research team that studied the cryomechanical origin of the internal rotation barrier of the ethane molecule; prior to their findings, the origin of the barrier was unknown for 25 years. C.W. KERN, PHD PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY EMERITUS Northwestern University Fort Myers, FL
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