- Samuel M. McElvain
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name = Samuel M. McElvain
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caption = Samuel M. McElvain
birth_date = birth date|1897|12|9
birth_place =DuQuoin, Illinois ,United States
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nationality = American
death_date = death date and age|1973|4|11|1897|12|9
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work_institution =University of Wisconsin
alma_mater =University of Illinois
doctoral_advisor =Roger Adams
doctoral_students =Arthur C. Cope ,Gilbert J. Stork
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footnotes =Samuel Marion McElvain (
December 9 , 1897 –April 11 1973 ) was a American chemist. McElvain studied first at theWashington University StLouis, received his MS and Ph.D from theUniversity of Illinois in 1923. In 1923 he became professor at theUniversity of Wisconsin , from which he retired in 1961.Reference
*cite web
title = The 1961 Madison Organic Chemistry Symposium In Honor of Professor S. M. McElvain
url = http://www.chem.wisc.edu/areas/organic/symposium/symposium_1961.htm
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*cite journal
title = Samuel Marion McElvain
author =Gilbert J. Stork
journal = Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
volume = 54
issue =
pages = 220–249
year = 1983
url = http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=577&page=221
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