He insisted his chemistry students warn him before they started exhaust fans in his chemistry lab classes. The clinkety-clank noise of the fans starting sounded too much like machine gun fire. He would literally hit the deck.
He was found dead in bed. The morning after his interviews with Canadian film crew for "The Real Inglorious Bastards".
After the war he was knighted by the Quenn of the Netherlands. He also received medals from the United States, France, and Austria.
Taught chemistry at the University of Minnesota and Tulane.
Was regarded as on the founders of asymmetric organocatalysis. He founded Syncom. A company specializing in organic synthesis.