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William A. Klemperer October 6, — November 5, was an American chemist , chemical physicist and molecular spectroscopist. Bill Klemperer was born in New York City in as the child of two physicians. He and his younger brother were raised in New York and New Rochelle.

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Navy Air Corps , where he trained as a tail gunner. Pimentel at University of California, Berkeley , in early After one semester as an instructor at Berkeley, Bill returned to Harvard in July Though his initial appointment was as an instructor of analytical chemistry , a position which was considered unlikely to lead to a faculty position, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] he was appointed full professor in National Science Foundation.

He was a visiting scientist at Bell Laboratories. He also served as an advisor to NASA. Klemperer's early work concentrated on the infrared spectroscopy of small molecules that are only stable in the gas phase at high temperatures. Among these are the alkali halides, for many of which he obtained the first vibrational spectra. The work provided basic structural data for many oxides and fluorides, and gave insight into the details of the bonding.

It also led Klemperer to recognize the potential of molecular beams in spectroscopy, and in particular the use of the electric resonance technique to address fundamental problems in structural chemistry.