Herbert Hauptman

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Herbert Aaron Hauptman (14 February 1917 - 23 October 2011)

A mathematician, educator, and researcher, Hauptman was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry (1985). The prize recognized his development of the formula known as "direct methods." This technique has been used to identify the structures of thousands of molecules, leading to the development of many new drugs to combat some of society’s deadliest diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and high blood pressure. In New York at the University of Buffalo, he works and serves as President of the Research Institute that bears his name.

A member of the Council for Secular Humanism’s International Academy of Humanism, he is author with Jerome Karle of Solution of the Phase Problem (1953), and he wrote Crystal Structure Determination (1972).

Hauptman addressed the Tenth International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) World Congress held in Buffalo (1988), spoke at the 1995 dedication of the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York, and he signed Humanist Manifesto 2000.

He died of a stroke.