Robert E. Connick
Robert E. Connick (born
1917) is a professor emeritus of
chemistry at the
University of California, Berkeley. Connick did his post-graduate studies at Berkeley, receiving his
PhD in
1942. He was a research associate on the
Manhattan Project from
1943 -
1946, and has been a professor, chair of the chemistry department, dean of the
College of Chemistry, Vice Chancellor, and Chair of the Academic Senate at both Berkeley and the entire
University of California system.
Connick is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow, in 1948 and 1958.