Lawrence O. Brockway

Lawrence Olin Brockway
Born(1907-09-23)September 23, 1907
DiedNovember 17, 1979(1979-11-17) (aged 72)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCaltech (Ph.D.)
University of Nebraska (B.S., M.S.)
AwardsACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1940)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral advisorLinus Pauling
Doctoral studentsLawrence Bartell
Isabella Karle
Jerome Karle

Lawrence Olin Brockway (1907-1979) was a physical chemist who spent most of his career at the University of Michigan, where he developed early methods for electron diffraction.