MEMORIAL RESOLUTION
DOUGLAS A. SKOOG
DOUGLAS A. SKOOG
(1918-2008)
Douglas A. Skoog, emeritus professor of chemistry, died in his home in Palo Alto April
27, 2008, 7 days before his 90th birthday.
Skoog was a nationally renowned teacher of Analytical Chemistry. His three analytical
chemistry textbooks: Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and An
Introduction, and Principles of Instrumental Analysis, dominated the field for over three decades.
The first of these widely used textbooks was published in 1963; the eighth edition appeared in
2003. The first edition of the second book was published in 1965 and the seventh edition in
2001. The first edition of the instrumental book appeared in 1971 and the sixth edition in 2005.
Various editions of the three books were translated into several languages including German,
French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Croatian, Turkish, Chinese and Korean and are used
throughout the world.
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