Dean Stanley Tarbell (October 19, 1913 – May 26, 1999) was an American chemist. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Tarbell was notable for his research of detection methods of chemical warfare agents (including mustard gas) during World War II,^[2][3] his discovery of new types of organic chemicals (including mixed carboxylic-carbonic anhydrides),^[1] and his synthesis of anti-malarial drugs.^[1][3] Tarbell was chairman of the chemistry department at University of Rochester, ^[3][4] Charles Fredrick Houghton professor of Chemistry ^[3][4][5] a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[1][2][3] a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[1] a recipient of Dexter Award of the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society^[1][2] a recipient of Charles Holmes Herty Medal, the American Chemical Society,^[3] a distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University.^[2][3] The National Academy of Sciences said that Tarbell "had a distinguished career in research and teaching in organic chemistry".^[1]

• 1913: born in Hancock, New Hampshire^[3]
• 1934: graduated from Harvard University^[3]
• 1937: receiving Ph.D. from Harvard University^[3]
• 1946-1947 Guggenheim fellowship, Oxford University^[3]
• 1959: election to the National Academy of Sciences^[3]
• 1960 Charles Fredrick Houghton professor of chemistry, University of Rochester^[3]
• 1964 Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester^[3]
• 1967 Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt University^[3]
• 1973 Charles Holmes Herty Medal, the American Chemical Society^[3]
• 1989 the American Chemical Society's Dexter Award^[3]