Rudolph Marcus

About

A Canadian chemist who is best known for his work involving electron transfer reactions. He beams a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1970.

Before Fame

He earned a Ph.D and B.S. from McGill University.

Trivia

He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1992.

Family Life

He had three children with his wife Laura Hearne; the two were married from 1949 to 2003.

Associated With

He and Ahmed Zewail are both Nobel Laureates in Chemistry.