Frank Sherwood Rowland (born June 28, 1927) is a Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter and its interactions with energy and itself (see physics, biology). ... University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine is a public, coeducational university situated in suburban Irvine, California. ... Atmospheric chemistry is a multidisciplinary field of research in which the chemistry of the atmosphere is studied. ... A rate equation is a mathematical expression used in chemistry to link the rate of a reaction to each reactant and their various orders. ...

Born in Delaware, Ohio, Rowland received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1948. He then earned his M.S. in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1952, both from the University of Chicago. Late 19th-Century facades on Sandusky Street The City of Delaware is the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio6. ... Ohio Wesleyan University (also Wesleyan or OWU) is a private, independent, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Delaware, Ohio (population 26,000), 20 miles north of Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the state of Ohio in the United States and is easily accessible by car, plane, bus or train. ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ...

His best-known work is the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. For other uses, see CFC (disambiguation). ... Image of the largest antarctic ozone hole ever recorded in September 2000. ...

He has won numerous awards for his work:

• Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1983
• Japan Prize, 1989
• Peter Debye Award, 1993
• Roger Revelle Medal, 1994
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995

The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is an award for environmental science, energy, and medicine. ... The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...

External link

• Autobiography (http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1995/rowland-autobio.html)