William Lipscomb, Nobel Prize-winning...

...chemist, died on Thursday at age 91.

Not only was Dr. Lipscomb a protege of the two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling; a professor at Harvard for over thirty years (who mentored three doctoral students who went on to win Nobel Prizes in chemistry); a classical clarinetist who performed in chamber groups and had been principal clarinetist with the Pasadena Civic Orchestra and the Minneapolis Civic Orchestra; he could also tie a string tie, as he proved in the above video.

Dr. Lipscomb's advice on the creative process?

"First of all, [get] a good nine hours of sleep a night."

(Oh, and one more thing. For all you late-bloomers out there, Dr. Lipscomb's grade in high school chemistry was a "C.")