Awards & Winners

William Summer Johnson

Date of Birth 24-February-1913
Place of Birth New Rochelle
(New York, Westchester County)
Nationality
Also know as William S Johnson
Profession Chemist
William Summer Johnson was an American chemist and teacher. From 1940 to 1958, Dr. Johnson was an instructor and then professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1958, he moved to Stanford University in California where he spent the remainder of his scientific career. He did important research in the artificial production of steroids and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1987.

Awards by William Summer Johnson

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1987


National Medal of Science for Chemistry
(For his outstanding achievements in organic synthesis, notably in the stereoselective total synthesis of steroids by classical and biomimetic pressures.)