Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 - June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “synthesizing three-dimensional molecules that could mimic the functioning of natural molecules.” He also won the National Academy of Science Award in the Chemical Sciences and was member of the International Academy of Science.

Cram was born in Chester, Vermont, http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1987/cram-autobio.html and died in Palm Desert, California. http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/O/b/ucl2118.shtml