David Reynolds Lide, Jr.

David Reynolds Lide, Jr. (b. 1928) is an American data specialist.

Life

David Reynolds Lide, Jr was born May 25, 1928, in Gainesville, GA.

Carnegie-Mellon University, B.S., 1949
Harvard University, M.A., 1951 and Ph.D., 1952

Relevant Employment

NBS

Contributions

Lide won the Skolnik Award for the creation of the national standard reference database series of computer searchable numerical databases and for founding and editing the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. He worked at: Office of Standards Reference Data, NBS: Physicist 1954-63; Chief infrared and microwave spectros section 1963-68; Director 1968-?; Editor, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 1972-?; His research involved: free radicals, high temperature, microwave and infrared spectroscopy, molecular structure, critical data evaluation, and molecular lasers.

Publications

Awards

1965 Silver Medal and 1968 Gold Medal (US Dept. of Commerce?)
1968 Stratton Award (NBS)
1986 Presidential Rank Award Meritorious Federal Executive
1988 Skolnik Award (ACS)
1991 Patterson-Crane Award (ACS) for contributions to chemical literature

Offices

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Communication Symbols, Terminology, and Units | Chairman
Phys. Chemistry Division | Pres., 1983-87