Daniel Swern

Daniel Swern (* 1916, † December 5, 1982 in Philadelphia ) was an American chemist and discoverer of the eponymous Swern oxidation.

A graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, works on his doctorate there in 1940 for the Ministry of Agriculture of the United States, where he developed successful method of polyvinyl chloride coating and in 1955 awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the Authority.

From 1954 to 1963 he was professor at the Drexel University or its predecessor, the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1964, he moved to Temple University in the same city. , Which keeps in his memory every year since 2007 special lectures. He took over the editorship of the Bailey's Industrial oil and fat products work to Alton E. Bailey's death and was considered a leading researcher in the field of petrochemistry and chemistry of fats; He was honored for his work in this area often.

Works

• The action of lead tetraacetate upon hydroxylated fatty acids, College Park, Maryland, 1940
• A survey on research possiblities for animal fats, Philadelphia, 1953
• Organic Peroxides, 1st edition, New York 1974; 2nd edition, Malabar 1982 ISBN 0-89874-217- X
• Editor of the third (1964) and 4th edition ( 1979-85; ISBN 0-471-83957-4 ): Bailey's Industrial oil and fat products