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Martha Wagele

Joined 29 May 2024
Sol Frederick Ravitz
Born14 July 1907
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Died
Oakland, CA
Alma materBA, Chemistry, University of Utah, 1927

MA, Chemistry, University of Utah, 1928

PhD, Physical Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1931
Known forGallium melting and manganese sources and metallurgy.
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorRoscoe G. Dickinson

Sol Frederick Ravitz was a chemical metallurgist. He was known as an expert in melting of gallium and in the sourcing and metallurgy of manganese.

Early Life and Education

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Sol Frederick "Fred" Ravitz (1907-1979) was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and spent his childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. He earned his BA (1927) and MA (1928) in Chemistry at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He received his PhD at Cal Tech in 1931. Ravitz's research advisor was Roscoe G. Dickinson and his doctoral dissertation was entitled: A. Photochemical Reactions Involving Tri-Iodine Ion. B. The Photochemical Reaction between Iodine Monochloride and Hydrogen (1931).[1]

Professional Career and Research

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University of Utah

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  • 1931 Ravitz was hired as a Research Associate in the department of chemistry.
  • 1932 faculty member at the Utah Engineering Experimental Station as an assistant research metallurgist
  • 1934 assistant professor of metallurgy at the Experimental Station.
  • 1935 Ravitz became the Director of the Experimental Station.[2]

University of California, Berkeley

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Consultation

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Publications

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Ravitz published over 50 scientific papers.

Publications included:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Magazine of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
  • Magazine of the Electrical Chemical Society

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines

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Memberships

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  • American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Phi Kappa Phi
  • Sigma Xi, National Honorary Research Fraternity
  • Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Mining, Metallurgy and Geology Society
  • Utah Academy of Sciences[2]

Awards

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Personal Life

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Ravitz was president of the board of the First Unitarian society, Salt Lake City.[3]

Ravitz died from cancer on in Oakland, CA. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and 5 grandchildren.

  1. ^ "Ravitz, Sol Frederick (1931) A. Photochemical Reactions Involving Tri-Iodine Ion. B. The Photochemical Reaction between Iodine Monochloride and Hydrogen. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology". Caltech CODA. 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ravitz Given Directorial Job - Utah University Alumnus Receives Appointment to 'U' Experimental Station". Utah Chronicle. 21 November 1935.
  3. ^ "Unitarian Society Elects President". The Salt Lake Tribune. January 1945.
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