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Donald Cram [1919-2001] American

Rank: 107
Scientist

Donald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity."

Faith, Positive

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Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired.		101
An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.	Faith, Positive	102
We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later.		103
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail.		104
To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.		105
By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers.		106

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