Karl August Folkers
Karl August Folkers (born September 1, 1906 in Decatur , Illinois ; † December 7, 1997 in New London , New Hampshire ) was an American biochemist who worked, among other things, for the pharmaceutical company Merck and primarily through his contribution to the isolation of the Vitamin B 12 became known in 1948.
Karl August Folkers was born to August William Folkers and Laura Susan Folkers, née Black. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Carl Marvel and received his bachelor's degree in 1928 . He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1931 with Homer Burton Adkins . From 1931 to 1934 he worked at Yale University with Treat B. Johnson. He was then employed at Merck.
Folkers researched alkaloids , antibiotics , B vitamins , hormones ( thyrotropin releasing hormone ) and coenzymes ( coenzyme Q10 ) and published over 700 publications. In 1960 he received the Perkin Medal . From 1963 to 1968 he was director of the Stanford Research Institute . In 1968 he became a professor at the University of Texas .
Karl married Selma Leone Johnson in 1932. From this marriage arose Cynthia Carol, who married Yale professor James D. Jamieson , and Richard Karl Folkers.
Awards
- Mead Johnson and Company awards for research on the vitamins of the B-complex
- American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry
- Perkin Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry (1960)
- William H. Nichols Medal from the New York Section of the American Chemical Society
- the Spenser Award from the Kansas City Section of the American Cancer Society
- Van Meter Prize of the American Thyroid Association
- Priestley Medal of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1948)
- President of the American Chemical Society (1962).
- Honorary degrees from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the University of Uppsala, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois and the University of Bologna.
- Presidential Certificate of Merit from Harry S. Truman (1950)
- The President's National Medal of Science from George Bush (1990)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Beyer: Textbook of organic chemistry. Leipzig 1968, p. 617
- ^ William Shive: Karl August Folkers Karl August Folkers, September 1, 1906 - December 9, 1997 . In: Biographical memoirs. National Academy of Sciences (US) . 81, 2002, pp. 100-114. PMID 12661556 .
- ^ RE Olson: Karl August Folkers (1906-1997) . In: Journal of Nutrition . 131, No. 9, September 1, 2001, pp. 2227-2230. PMID 11533258 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Folkers, Karl August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Decatur , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1997 |
| Place of death | New London , New Hampshire |