Roger Adams

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Roger Adams
Roger Adams
Born	(1889-01-02)January 2, 1889 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 6, 1971(1971-07-06) (aged 82) Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Adams' catalyst, Hexahydrocannabinol, Adamsite
Awards	William H. Nichols Medal (1927) Elliott Cresson Medal (1944) Davy Medal (1945) Priestley Medal (1946) Perkin Medal (1954) American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1964)
Scientific career
Fields	Organic chemistry
Institutions	University of Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral advisors	H. A. Torrey, Charles Loring Jackson
Doctoral students	Ernest H. Volwiler, Samuel M. McElvain, Wallace Carothers, William Edward Hanford, Edward Marion Augustus Chandler

Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist who developed the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and helped determine the composition of natural substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids.^[1] He isolated and identified CBD in 1940. As head of the Chemistry department at the University of Illinois from 1926 to 1954, he influenced graduate education in America, taught over 250 Ph.D. students and postgraduate students, and served in military science during World War I and World War II.