Harry Evans Hallam (d. 1977) was a chemist and academic at the University College of Swansea.
Life and career
He passed away unexpectedly on 14 May 1977. Hallam studied at University College of Aberystwyth and in the 1950s he was appointed to the staff of the Department of Chemistry at University College of Swansea. In 1963, Hallam took a year's sabbatical and become an adviser in physical chemistry at the new University of Nigeria at Nsukka. He was known for his work in infrared spectroscopy of the hydrogen bond and as one of the founders of matrix isolation spectroscopy.
The Harry Hallam Memorial Fund
In his memory, an endowment for an annual lecture to take a "particular account would be taken of Harry’s interest in spectroscopy" was created in 1977 with an appeal made for donations in the Journal of Molecular Structure. The lectureship is administered by the South Wales West Local Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Hallam Prizewinners
1983: M. S. Garley
1984: T. A. Sheppard
1986: A. M. M. Doherty and P. Graham
1988: Miss S. L. Giddings
1989: G. Williams
1990: Miss T. J. Lovelock
1991: Ian A. Evetts
1993: A. J. Parry
1994: S. R. Andrews and Prof David A. Worsley
1995 P. D. J. Anderson
1996: Sara Shinton
1997: P. Green and R. Phillips
1999: M. Francis
2000: D. K. Thomas
2001 S. Ford
2002: Rachel Fretwell and Kay Eaton
2003: D. J. Mitchell
... 2008: Rachel C. Evans