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The molecular magnetism community lost one of its pioneers this past year when Professor William E. Hatfield passed away on Feb. 21, 1995. Hatfield, who was a native of Kentucky, obtained his Ph. D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Arizona in 1962 under the direction of Professor John Yoke. He then spent one year in a postdoctoral position at the University of Illinois with the late Professor T. S. Piper. In 1963, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina, where he played a major role in the development of the inorganic chemistry. Professor Joseph L. Templeton, Chairman of the UNC Chemistry Department, said “Bill led inorganic chemistry at UNC from humble origins to prominence in three decades.” At the time of his retirement in 1994, he was the Mary Ann Smith Professor of Chemistry at that institution. He was 57 at the time of his death.
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Willett, R.D. (1996). William E. Hatfield; 1937–1995. In: Coronado, E., Delhaès, P., Gatteschi, D., Miller, J.S. (eds) Molecular Magnetism: From Molecular Assemblies to the Devices. NATO ASI Series, vol 321. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2319-0_1
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