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Mary L. Good

1931 - 2019

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Mary Lowe Good (June 20, 1931 – November 20, 2019) was an American inorganic chemist who worked academically, in industrial research and in government. Good contributed to the understanding of catalysts such as ruthenium which activate or speed up chemical reactions. Good served as the Under Secretary for Technology in the United States Department of Commerce from 1993 to 1997 under President Bill Clinton. She briefly served as Acting United States Secretary of Commerce from April 3, 1996, to April 12, 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary L. Good is the 537th most popular chemist (up from 555th in 2019), the 8,242nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,716th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mary L. Good ranks 537 out of 602. Before her are Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Nikolai Menshutkin, Ida Freund, Friedrich Accum, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and Neil Bartlett. After her are Sabir Yunusov, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Gustav Rose, Johannes Wislicenus, Robin Hill, and Max Bodenstein.

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Among people born in 1931, Mary L. Good ranks 450. Before her are Hal Connolly, Leyla Erbil, Gavin MacLeod, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Paolo Portoghesi, and Henry Källgren. After her are Zoltán Latinovits, Nadezhda Konyayeva, Müzahir Sille, Giovanni Battista Rabino, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, and Sonny Clark. Among people deceased in 2019, Mary L. Good ranks 398. Before her are Halvard Hanevold, Cecilia Seghizzi, Stefan Angelov, Galina Volchek, Göran Malmqvist, and Jürgen Kissner. After her are Ayşen Gruda, Ken Kavanagh, Artur Brauner, Carolee Schneemann, Frans Andriessen, and Carlo Maria Abate.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary L. Good ranks 8,244 out of 20,380. Before her are Gary Payton (1968), Joe Manganiello (1976), Andra Day (1984), Jack Dorsey (1976), Richard Posner (1939), and Anjanette Comer (1939). After her are Slim Harpo (1924), David Hand (1900), Ernie Pyle (1900), Ty Burrell (1967), Kenyon Cox (1856), and Scott Caan (1976).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Mary L. Good ranks 95. Before her are Helen Murray Free (1923), Bruce Ames (1928), Michael Behe (1952), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925). After her are Bruce Alberts (1938), Emma P. Carr (1880), Florence B. Seibert (1897), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), and Anna J. Harrison (1912).

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