Roussin's black salt, (PCF3)5, complexes of cyclo-octatetraene with iron tricarbonyl, and leurocristine (Vincristine), which is used in several cancer therapies. Positions, awards and honors Guggenheim Fellow, 1954 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1960. Member of United States National Academy of Sciences Member of the Faculty Advisory Board of MIT-Harvard Research Journal Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1976) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1976) Five books and published symposia are dedicated to Lipscomb. A complete list of Lipscomb's awards and honors is in his Curriculum Vitae. References External links "Reflections" on Linus Pauling: Video of a talk by Lipscomb. See especially the "Linus and Me" section. World War 2 research in brief audio clips by Lipscomb, which include his attempt to save the life of Elizabeth Swingle. Technical description of the Swingle accident. Scientific Character of W. Lipscomb Curriculum Vitae, publication list, science humor, Nobel Prize scrapbook, scientific aggression, family stories, portraits, eulogy. Douglas C. Rees, "William N. Lipscomb", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2019) 1919 births 2011 deaths American chemists American Nobel laureates California Institute of Technology alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard University faculty Theoretical chemists Inorganic chemists Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Nobel laureates in Chemistry Scientists from Cleveland People from Lexington, Kentucky Sayre School alumni University of Kentucky alumni University of Minnesota faculty Deaths from pneumonia in Massachusetts Presidents of the American Crystallographic Association