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February 11, 1978
James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893)
James B. Conant
James Bryant Conant was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Conant obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard in 1916.
February 11
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 323 days remain until the end of the year.