M. Frederick Hawthorne

Marion Frederick Hawthorne (August 24, 1928 – July 8, 2021)[1] was an inorganic chemist who made contributions to the chemistry of boron hydrides, especially their clusters.

Hawthorne completed his Ph.D. in organic chemistry under Donald J. Cram at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1953.

At the Redstone Arsenal, he worked on the chemistry of boron hydrides making several notable discoveries.

Hawthorne was long associated with the journal Inorganic Chemistry, and was its longest serving editor-in-chief.

[5] Hawthorne has been widely recognized, including with election to the US National Academy of Sciences.

The dodecaborate anion ([B 12 H 12 ] 2− ) was discovered by Pitochelli and Hawthorne.