Robert E. Connick (born
1917) is a professor emeritus of
chemistry at the
University of California, Berkeley. Connick did his post-graduate studies at Berkeley, receiving his
PhD in
1942. He was a research associate on the
Manhattan Project from
1943 -
1946, and has been a professor, department chair, dean, Vice Chancellor and Chair of the Academic Senate at both Berkeley and the entire
University of California system.
Connick is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow[?], in 1948 and 1958.