Kenneth Nyitray Trueblood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetKenneth Nyitray Trueblood
American chemist
Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1920
Place of Birth: Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
Date of Death: 07-May-1998
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Kenneth Nyitray Trueblood
- Kenneth Nyitray Trueblood (1920–1998) was an American chemist known for pioneering work in the use of computers to determine chemical structures.
- His work is recognized as significantly contributing to Nobel Prizes being awarded to his long-term collaborators Dorothy Hodgkin and Donald Cram.
- He published 140 research papers.
- His organization of a departmental X-ray crystallography lab served as a worldwide model for other chemistry departments. Trueblood was a Guggenheim fellow for the academic year 1976-1977.
- He was Chair of the UCLA Department of Chemistry from 1965–1970 and 1990–1991.
- He was Dean of UCLA's College of Letters and Science from 1971–1974, and Chair of its Academic Senate from 1983–1984.In 2018, UCLA created the Kenneth N.
- Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry and appointed Neil K.
- Garg as the inaugural chairholder.
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