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{{Short description|American chemist, professor, and university President (1912β2007)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Norman Hackerman | image = Norman Hackerman, 1985.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hackerman in 1985 | order = 18th | title = [[List of presidents of the University of Texas at Austin|President of the University of Texas at Austin]] | term_start = 1967 | term_end = 1970 | predecessor = [[Harry Ransom (academic administrator)|Harry Ransom]] | successor = [[Bryce Jordan]] | order2 = 4th | title2 = President of [[Rice University]] | term_start2 = 1970 | term_end2 = 1985 | predecessor2 = [[Kenneth Pitzer]] | successor2 = [[George Rupp]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|03|02}} | birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|06|16|1912|03|02}} | death_place = [[Temple, Texas]], U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|[[Chemist]]|teacher|researcher|university president}} | spouse = Gene Coulbourn (died 2002) | known_for = [[Electrochemistry]] of [[oxidation]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/us/23hackerman.html?fta=y&_r=0|title = Norman Hackerman, 95, Chemist and Former University President, is Dead|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 23 June 2007|last1 = Hevesi|first1 = Dennis}}</ref> | awards = [[Vannevar Bush Award]] {{small|(1993)}}<br>[[National Medal of Science]] {{small|(1993)}} | children = 4 | module = {{Infobox scientist | embed=yes | fields = [[Chemistry]] | workplaces = {{ublist|[[Johns Hopkins University]]|[[Loyola College in Maryland|Loyola College]]|[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]|[[University of Texas at Austin]]|[[Rice University]]}} | education = | alma_mater = [[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], PhD) | thesis_title = A study of the effect of solvent and concentration on the molecular weight of sulfur monochloride | thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/301806716/ | thesis_year = 1935 | doctoral_advisor = Walter Albert Patrick | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = }} }} '''Norman Hackerman''' (March 2, 1912 β June 16, 2007) was an American [[chemist]], [[professor]], and [[Academic administration|academic administrator]] who served as the [[List of University of Texas at Austin presidents|18th President]] of the [[University of Texas at Austin]] (1967β1970)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.utexas.edu/past-presidents/norman-hackerman|title=Norman Hackerman {{!}} Office of the President {{!}} The University of Texas at Austin|website=president.utexas.edu|date=11 January 2016|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> and later as the 4th President of [[Rice University]] (1970β1985).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.rice.edu/2007/06/17/former-rice-university-president-norman-hackerman-dies-at-age-95/|title=Former Rice University President Norman Hackerman dies at age 95|website=news.rice.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> He was an internationally known expert in metal [[corrosion]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.electrochem.org/hackerman| title = ECS Masters Series: Norman Hackerman}}</ref>
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