Anton Burg

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name = Anton Burg


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birth_date = birth date|1904|10|18
birth_place = Dallas City USA
death_date = death date and age|2003|11|18|1904|10|18
death_place = Los Angeles USA
nationality = USA
field = Chemistry
work_institutions = University of Southern California
alma_mater = University of Chicago
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known_for = Organoboranes
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Anton Behme Burg (October 18, 1904 – November 18, 2003) was the father of the University of Southern California chemistry department and an expert on boron.

Burg joined USC in 1939 as an assistant professor. He built up USC's chemistry department, making it one of the United States' best by the 1950s. Burg retired in 1974.

During his time with Morris S. Kharasch at the University of Chicago he worked with Herbert C. Brown, who won a Nobel Prize for his work following up on Burg's research.

References

*cite journal
title = Anton Burg, 99; Took USC chemistry from ‘alchemy’ to excellence
publisher = USC College Magazine
url = http://college.usc.edu/college_magazine/february_2004/anton_burg.html