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==Biography==
Born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], he was the only son of Jacob Hackerman and Anna Raffel, immigrants from the Baltic regions of the [[Russian Empire]] that later became [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/us/23hackerman.html
| title = Norman Hackerman, 95, Chemist and Former University President, Is Dead
| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
| first=Dennis
| last=Hevesi
| date=June 23, 2007
| access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref>

Hackerman earned his bachelor's degree in 1932 and his doctor's degree in chemistry in 1935 from [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref name="thesis-hackerman-1935">{{cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/301806716/ |title=A study of the effect of solvent and concentration on the molecular weight of sulfur monochloride |date=1935 |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University]] |type=Ph.D. |last=Hackerman |first=Norman |id={{ProQuest|301806716}} |url-access=subscription  |oclc=699316631}}</ref> He taught at Johns Hopkins, [[Loyola College in Maryland|Loyola College]] in Baltimore and the [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]], before working on the [[Manhattan Project]] in World War II.<ref name=":0">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2007/06/hackerman18.html
 |title       = Former President Norman Hackerman Dies in Temple, Texas at Age 95
 |publisher   = [[University of Texas at Austin]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070630001424/http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2007/06/hackerman18.html
 |archive-date = 2007-06-30
}}</ref>

He joined the University of Texas in 1945 as an assistant professor of chemistry, became an associate professor in 1946, a full professor in 1950, a department chair in 1952, dean of research in 1960, vice president and provost in 1961, and vice chancellor for academic affairs for the [[University of Texas System]] in 1963. Hackerman left the University of Texas in 1970 for Rice, where he retired 15 years later. He was named professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Texas in 1985 and taught classes until the end of his life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.electrochem.org/hackerman|title=Norman Hackerman - ECS|work=ECS|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

He was a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norman Hackerman |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20001372.html |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> the [[American Philosophical Society]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Norman+Hackerman&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norman Hackerman |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/norman-hackerman |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> Among his many honors are the [[Olin Palladium Award]] of the [[Electrochemical Society]], the [[Gold Medal of the American Institute of Chemists]] (1978), the [[Charles Lathrop Parsons|Charles Lathrop Parsons Award]], the [[Vannevar Bush Award]] and the [[National Medal of Science]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=9694
 |title       = Former Rice University President Norman Hackerman dies at age 95
 |publisher   = [[Rice University]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100605204104/http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=9694
 |archive-date = 2010-06-05
}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Edward Goodrich Acheson Award|Acheson Award]] by the [[Electrochemical Society]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.electrochem.org/awards/ecs/recipients/acheson_recipients.htm|title= Edward Goodrich Acheson Award Recipients|publisher= [[Electrochemical Society]]|access-date= 1 November 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160118114604/http://www.electrochem.org/awards/ecs/recipients/acheson_recipients.htm|archive-date= 18 January 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Hackerman served on advisory committees and boards of several technical societies and government agencies, including the [[National Science Board]], the Texas Governor's Task Force on Higher Education and the Scientific Advisory Board of the [[Welch Foundation]]. He also served as editor of the ''[[Journal of the Electrochemical Society]]'' and as president of the [[Electrochemical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ECS President - Norman Hackerman|url=http://www.electrochem.org/dl/hc/presidents/hackerman.htm|website=The Electrochemical Society|access-date=2014-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235211/http://www.electrochem.org/dl/hc/presidents/hackerman.htm|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>