to the American Academy of Arts and Science. In 1985, 1987 and 1989 he was elected an honorary member to the American Philosophical Society, the Royal Chemical Society (Great Britain), and the Royal Institute of Great Britain. References External links Guide to the George C. Pimentel Papers at The Bancroft Library 1922 births 1989 deaths National Medal of Science laureates Presidents of the American Chemical Society Spectroscopists University of California, Los Angeles alumni Wolf Prize in Chemistry laureates University of California, Berkeley faculty Scientists from the San Francisco Bay Area Fellows of the American Physical Society