Willis H. Flygare

Who was Willis H. Flygare?

Willis H. Flygare was an American chemist. Flygare is credited with "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure". He invented a highly sensitive microwave spectrometer. He also developed a new method based on the molecular Zeeman effect for measurements of molecular quadrupole moments and magnetic susceptibility anisotropies. He received Irving Langmuir Award in 1981. Flygare was a professor of chemistry at Illinois, a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The University of Illinois called him "one of the most creative and dynamic physical chemists in the world." The National Academies Press called him "a great physical chemist".