Internet, alt.obituaries, 2005-02-26
Information trouvée : Leo Brewer, a member of the UC Berkeley chemistry faculty for nearly 60 years, died
of natural causes Tuesday in Lafayette. He was 85. Widely regarded as the founder
of modern high-temperature chemistry, he contributed in fields ranging from organic
chemistry and astrochemistry to ceramics and metallurgy. Born June 13, 1919, in St.
Louis, Mo., In 1946, following his service with the Manhattan Project, professor
Brewer was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at UC Berkeley. He rose through
the ranks to become a full professor in 1955.
Thermodynamics / Gilbert Newton Lewis, Merle Randall ; rev. by Kenneth S. Pitzer,
Leo Brewer