- Jerome Karle
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birth_date =June 18 ,1918 (age 90)
birth_place =New York City
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Jerome Karle (bornJune 18 ,1918 ) is an AmericanJewish physical chemist . He was born inNew York City and attended Abraham Lincoln High School inBrooklyn .Jointly with
Herbert A. Hauptman he was awarded theNobel Prize inChemistry in 1985.He received his
bachelor's degree from theCity College of New York in 1937, amaster's degree fromHarvard University in 1938, and aPhD from theUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1944.He worked on the
Manhattan Project with his wife Dr.Isabella Karle (one of the youngest scientist and few women on the project) at theUniversity of Chicago . As of July 2006, Dr. Karle and his wife continue to work at theNaval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
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