Alfred Free
Alfred H. Free (born 1913 in Ohio ; † May 2000 ) was an American chemist known for developing a urine test for diabetes with his wife Helen Free .
Free studied chemistry at Miami University in Oxford with the Bachelor Accounts magna cum laude and was at the Western Reserve University in Cleveland doctorate in biochemistry. He then taught in Cleveland, worked at the Cleveland Clinic and as a consultant for blood plasma and penicillin manufacturer BenVenue Laboratories during World War II . In 1946 he went to Miles Laboratories , where he became head of a research laboratory. In 1972 he became Vice President ( Vice President for technical services and scientific relations ); In 1982 he retired.
In the late 1940s and 1950s he developed various test strips for urine tests, in particular one for glucose in urine (Clinistix) in 1956, suitable for self-tests for diabetes. In 2000 he received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame with Helen Free . He held over 15 patents and published over 200 scientific papers.
Free had been married to Helen Free since 1947, with whom he had six children.
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- with Helen Free: Urinalysis in clinical laboratory practice, Cleveland, CRC Press 1975
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Free, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Free, Alfred H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2000 |