Richard F. Fenske

Richard Ferdinand “Dick” Fenske (May 23, 1929, in Milwaukee – December 14, 2011) was a chemist who taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for thirty years.[1] He was chair of the chemistry department from 1972 until 1977 and retired from teaching in 1999.[2]

With Michael B. Hall, he developed the Fenske-Hall method, an ab initio molecular orbital method.[3][4]

Biography

Fenske was one of ten children born to Bernard and Mary Fenske.[1] He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Marquette University in 1952 and a Ph. D. in chemistry from Iowa State University in 1961.[2]

Publications

A list of his publications is available at Academic Tree.

References

1. "Some Sad News – Richard Ferdinand "Dick" Fenske Has Died". Department of Chemistry, College of Letters and Sciences. UW-Madison. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
2. Ainsworth, Susan J. (March 12, 2012). "Richard F. (Dick) Fenske". Chemical and Engineering News. 90 (11). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
3. Charles Edwin Webster; Michael B. Hall (2005). "Chapter 40. Forty years of Fenske-Hall molecular orbital theory". Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry: The First Forty Years. pp. 1143–1165. doi:10.1016/B978-044451719-7/50083-4. ISBN 978-0-444-51719-7.
4. Hall, M. B. & Fenske, R. F. (1972). "Electronic structure and bonding in methyl- and perfluoromethyl(pentacarbonyl)manganese". Inorg. Chem. 11 (4): 768. doi:10.1021/ic50110a022.