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Bull. Hist. Chem. 4 ll. t. Ch. 4 (8 15 pp Anl", n . St nd M. Orn, Ed., h tr nd KASIMIR FAJANS (1887-1975): rrvtn fChl Intrnttn, dl, tn, 86, pp. THE MAN AND HIS WORK 24. Ehrnn, rh nr Shlznt t hülf dr rt I: Erp rlft, Strbr, 8. 4. Ehrnn, E d nArt d n l Ad d l Ar d Reynold E. Holmen, White Bear Lake, MN Ar tl, rtl, Strbr, 8. h rnh trnl tn f rfrn , t hh t r b vr r ddd. To some, the name of Kasimir Fajans calls to mind a man . S Crll t Entdnn, 8, 8, nd rfrn whose early achievements in radiochemistry secured for him 6, pp. 24. a place in the history of chemistry. A very few may recall one 6. S . rtntn, A tr f Chtr, l. , Ml of those blue volumes published under the aegis of the Baker ln, ndn, 62, p. 48. Lectures at Cornell University and which evolved from lec- . A. vr, "Sr n n d ntr ndrbl tures given by Fajans during his visit to the United States in nt ltn d f t d l hlr, dn l prtn h", 1930. Some may even have been contemporaneous with his M. Ad. S., 82, 4, pblhd 8. Al rprntd n teaching years at the University of Michigan, beginning in Ovr d vr, l. 2, Iprr Iprl, r, 86, pp. 1936. If so, his name may conjure up recollections of an 4242. r n Enlh r, rfrn 6, p. 48. outspoken critic of instruction in chemistry, particularly of the 8. C. Mntj, El tr d n ptt G dominant qualitative approach to chemical bonding. To yet prd hrd d Srn, rr rdnt d rlnt d r, Le another group, those who were fortunate to have heard one or rnt brr, r, 800. more lectures by him, the name recalls a person who left an . Cn, "El d M. rdnt d Srn", Mr indelible mark on his listeners. r Srvr A tr Sn, Cl, r, 80. None of these recollections, however, really gives much 20. Wtbr, "brt r, r. Arn Eltrh insight into what made this man "tick" or into the genesis of his l nr", n G. bprnll nd . Wtbr, Ed., Sltd major contributions to the progress of chemistry in our century. p n th tr f Eltrhtr, Eltrhl St, In this account I will try, among other things, to reduce this void rntn, , 8, pp. 004. by recounting some of the events said by him to have had a 2. r frthr dtl f th lf f hrd, E. Gnzlz, profound influence on the development and direction of his "n ptt Gprd hrd d Srn: bln, Mtht career (1). n, Atrnr, ht, Cht, rntr, blhr, Artt nd Kasimir Fajans, the centennial of whose birth was cele- Mn", prntd t th Mdt nt n th tr f Sn, brated in 1987 (2), was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 27 May I Stt Unvrt, A, I, 28 Aprl 8. 1887. He was the second child and the elder son of five 22. h bldn ltd t d lUnvrté, r, children born to Herman and Wanda (Wolberg) Fajans. Both rn, 00. parents' families had members who had distinguished them- 2. rnl ntn fr M. n r, Edtrl selves at some period during the 18th, 19th, or 20th centuries: Gllrd, r. whether in science, medicine, music, photography, govern- 24. r, Mr f th Sppl nd Appltn f th l ment, or in Polish patriotic movements. The Fajans family was pp, Chl St f hldlph, hldlph, 802. part of the highly emancipated and "polonized" Jewish popu- prntd n hl. M., 802, 4, 28, 288 nd Ann. Ch., 802, lation. Polish, not Yiddish, was the daily language. Not surpris- 4, . ingly, as the elder son, Kasimir served as a role model for his 2. S, fr xpl, . Mthll, Elnt f Chl younger siblings in what was reported to have been a loving hlph, Crr nd rbn, Cnnnt, O, 82, ftnt n and respectful family environment. p. 6. For the first years, private teachers taught Fajans at home. 26. r brf r f th rl htr f th xhdrn He later moved on to the Real-Gymnasium, a school where blpp, . rtntn, A tr f Chtr, l. , natural sciences, rather than Latin and Greek, were stressed. Mlln, ndn, 62, pp. 242. Nevertheless, the Russian dominance throughout the schools mandated that Russian be the official language. Polish was not allowed in the school building. The clash between Fajans' interests and that of the teacher's showed up in another way. In Dr. Elsa L. Gonzalez, 1414 E. 59th Street, Apt. 517, Chicago, a Russian language class, Fajans was once given a poor grade IL, 60637, is associated with the Morris Fishbein Center of the for writing on "Climate" as an essay subject. Fortunately the University of Chicago, and has made a detailed study of the life director of the school was a scientist and responded favorably of Bochard de Saron. to Fajans' complaint about the grade. 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