Malcolm Dole

(1903)
North Western University

Notable Achievements:

• Discovery of the "Dole Effect", 1935
• Pioneered the development of a form of mass spectrometry that would become electrospray ionization (ESIMS) in 1980, 1966

Biographical Sketch

• Born March 4th, 1903.
• Received Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Harvard University, 1924.
• Received a Master of Arts in Chemistry, Harvard University, 1926.
• Received Doctorate in Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, 1928.

Academic Appointments

• Appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1928 - 1930.
• Joined faculty at Northwestern University, 1930 - 1943.
• Appointed as Technical Director, Thermal Diffusion Plant, Oakridge TN, 1944 - 1945
• Appointed as Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1964 - 1969
• Became the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Baylor University, 1969 - 1982

Honors

• Army-Navy Certificate of Appreciation
• Outstanding Scholar, Baylor University
• Southwest Regional Award of the American Chemical Soceity
• A. Ottenberg Service Award, Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Chemical Society
• Appointed as Honorary Faculty Member, University of San Marcos, Lima Peru and University of Chile
• Physical Chemistry Advisory Panel Member, Office of Naval Research
• Chemistry Review Committee Member, Argonne National Laboratory
• Advisory Panel Member, National Science Foundation
• Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Trustee, Gordon Research Foundation

     Professor Dole passed away on November 29, 1990 at his home in Los Gatos, California at the age of 87. He was survived by his wife, his daughter, son, and three grandchildren.