Hahn, Dorothy (1876–1950)
Hahn, Dorothy (1876–1950)
American organic chemist. Born Dorothy Anna Hahn, April 9, 1876, in Philadelphia, PA; died Dec 10, 1950, in South Hadley, Massachusetts; dau. of Carl J. Hahn and Mary (Beaver) Hahn; Yale University, PhD, 1916; had 2 longtime companions: Margaret Morriss of Pembroke College, Brown University, and Dorothy Foster of Mount Holyoke English department.
Served as professor of chemistry and biology at Pennsylvania College for Women in Pittsburgh (1899–1906); was professor of biology at Kindergarten College, also in Pittsburgh (1904–06); studied organic chemistry at University of Leipzig, in Germany (1906–07); served as professor of organic chemistry at Mount Holyoke College (1916–41). Authored or served as adviser for more than 30 published papers in Journal of the American Chemical Society; co-authored with Arthur M. Comey, A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities, Inorganic (1921), and with Treat B. Johnson, a translation and enlargement of Ferdinand Henrich's Theories of Organic Chemistry (1922).