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Birth Name:

Fred McLafferty

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, May 11, 1923

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Age:

100

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Tau

58'

About Fred McLafferty

Fred Warren McLafferty (born May 11, 1923) is an American chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry. He is best known for the McLafferty rearrangement reaction that was observed with mass spectrometry. With Roland Gohlke, he pioneered the technique of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. He is also known for electron capture dissociation, a method of fragmenting gas phase ions. He is the grandfather of Fred S McLafferty, an esteemed pulmonologist and intensivist at University of California San Francisco.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• A Conversation with Fred W. McLafferty 2006, 90 minute video, for Cornell University.

• Center for Oral History. "Fred W. McLafferty". Science History Institute.

• Grayson, Michael A. (23 January 2007). Fred W. McLafferty, Transcript of Interviews Conducted by Michael A. Grayson at Cornell University Ithaca, New York on 22 and 23 January 2007 (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Fred McLafferty: Sun 19 Taurus, Moon 3 Aries, Mercury 9 Gemini, Venus 18 Aries, Mars 17 Gemini, Jupiter 13 Scorpio, Saturn 14 Libra, Uranus 16 Pisces, Neptune 15 Leo, Pluto 9 Cancer, Sun Sextile Uranus, Sun Square Neptune, Mercury Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Sextile Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Opposition Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Trine Neptune, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Square Uranus, Mars Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Semi Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Jupiter Square Neptune, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Quincunx Uranus, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Saturn Square Pluto, Uranus Quincunx Neptune

Categories related to Fred McLafferty: Living people, Cornell University alumni, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Cornell University faculty, May 11 births, Omaha North High School alumni, Purdue University faculty, 21st-century American chemists, Dow Chemical Company employees, Mass spectrometrists, 1923 births, Bijvoet Medal recipients, United States Army personnel of World War II, Thomson Medal recipients