title: Jerome A. Berson (1924-2017).
abstract: Jerome A. Berson, Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University, passed away on January 13, 2017. Berson was a major figure in physical organic chemistry and the study of organic reaction mechanisms, and he published two outstanding books on the history of chemistry.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bergman