Prof. Debye, Nobel Winner, Dies Here Today
The Ithaca Journal, Nov 2 1966, P. 15, with photo
"Peter J. W. Debye, Nobel Prize winner and one of the world's leading physical chemists, died today, Nov. 2, 1966 in Tompkins County Hospital. He was 82.
Debye, Todd Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Cornell University, laid much of the foundation for the understanding of synthetics, plastics and materials through his theoretical work with molecular structures.
A noted scientist, Debye never lost his touch with the students and was noted for delivering lectures on highly complicated subjects with humor and a clarity that laymen could understand easily.
Debye received the Nobel Prize in 1936 for his explanation of the strange behavior of salts in solution. He demonstrated that each sodium atom was surrounded by a cloud of chlorine atoms and vice versa.
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Debye is survived by his wife, Mathilde; a son Peter of Boston and a daughter Mayon."