| Walter Kohn  Born: 9-Mar-1923
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Density-functional theory Military service: Canadian Army (Infantry Corps, 1944-45) Father: Salomon Kohn
Mother: Gittel Kohn
Wife: Lois
Wife: Mara
University: BA Mathematics and Physics, University of Toronto (1945)
University: MA Applied Mathematics, University of Toronto (1946)
University: PhD Physics, Harvard University (1948)
Professor: Instructor, Harvard University (1948-50)
Professor: Carnegie Mellon University (1950-60)
Professor: University of California at San Diego (1960-79)
Professor: University of California at Santa Barbara (1979-91)
Administrator: Director of Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara (1979-96)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1998 (with John A. Pople)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1963
National Medal of Science 1988
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1963
National Academy of Sciences 1969
American Philosophical Society 1994
Royal Society 1998
Naturalized Canadian Citizen
Naturalized US Citizen 1957
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