The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003 | Luther College Archives

Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003Add to your cart.

ID: LCA/RG15/Docken, A

Primary Creator: Docken, Adrian (1913-2003)

Extent: 4.4 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection contains scientific reports and analyses for many different organizations. All involve organic chemistry components

Biographical Note

Adrian Docken was born November 17, 1913 in Holt, Minnesota, He graduated from Luther College in 1937 with degrees in chemistry and mathematics. Docken then went and earned a PhD in chemistry in 1941 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined the chemistry faculty at Luther College in 1942 and remained until his retirement in 1979. He continued to run his research lab at Luther until 2002. While at Luther, Docken and his colleague George Knudson developed the chemistry major and earned the accreditation of the American Chemical Society.

Docken received several grants and fellowships to support his research and develop Luther's science facilities during his career, including from the National Science Foundation. He spent 1954-1955 as the Faculty Fellow of the Ford Foundation for the Advancement of Education at Yale University, 1961-1962 as the National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow at Imperial College of Science in London, 1967-1968 at Stanford University as the Petroleum Research Fund recipient, and as a visiting scholar in the fall of 1974 at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Docken married Orene Madson, a 1938 Luther graduate, in 1941. They had four children and were active in the local Decorah community.

Docken passed away on November 27, 2003.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 5 boxes

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/copyright/

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Adrian Docken Papers RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History: 11/15/19: EC updated the preferred citation.


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[Box 1: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1955-2000, n.d.],
[Box 2: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2000, n.d.],
[Box 3: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1942-1996, n.d.],
[Box 4: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1938-1997, n.d.],
[Box 5: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1973-2003, n.d.],
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Box 5: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1973-2003, n.d.Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Experimental Research Data, 1973, 1985, 1988, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Operation Corral, 1983, 2000, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: "An Unexpected Formation of Fullerenes," Mass Spectral Analyses, 1989, 1996-1997, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Cyanamid - Product Agreements, 1992, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Carolyn on Radical Cation, October 2000, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Rajca's Papers, Correspondence, 1991-1996Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Leo Paquette Correspondence, November 1998Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Smalley, November 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Mario Ruben, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 10: IBM - Zurich, 1998-2000Add to your cart.
Folder 11: J. Kochi, 2000-2002Add to your cart.
Folder 12: The Story of Corralacene, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: NMR'S Mass Spectrometry Methoxy Approach Corrallacene, 1984, 1996-2000, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Biographical Information, 1979, 1990, 2003, undatedAdd to your cart.

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[Box 1: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1955-2000, n.d.],
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[Box 3: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1942-1996, n.d.],
[Box 4: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1938-1997, n.d.],
[Box 5: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1973-2003, n.d.],
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