Frank Sherwood "Sherry"[4] Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine.

[7] In the summers during his high school career, Frank was entrusted to run the local weather service station.

After entering the University of Chicago, Rowland was assigned Willard F. Libby as a mentor and began to study radiochemistry.

Rowland theorized that man made organic compound gases will decompose as a result of solar radiation in the stratosphere, releasing atoms of chlorine which react with oxygen (ozone) to form chlorine monoxide, and that they are individually able to destroy large numbers of ozone molecules.

Rowland and his colleagues interacted both with the public and the political side and suggested various solutions, which allowed to step wise reduce the CFC impact.

After suffering from a short bout of ill health, Rowland died on March 10, 2012, of complications from Parkinson's disease.

[18] Upon hearing the news, renowned chemist and good friend Mario J. Molina stated: "Sherry was a prime influence throughout my career and had inspired me and many others to walk in the shadow of his greatness".