Harland G. Wood
Harland Goff Wood (September 2, 1907 – September 12, 1991) was an American biochemist notable for proving in 1935 that animals, humans and bacteria utilized carbon dioxide. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Wood was a recipient of the National Medal of Science.[2][3] Wood was on the President's Science Advisory Committee under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.[2][3] Wood was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[2][3] a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[2] and of the Biochemical Society of Japan.[2] He was also first director of the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine and Dean of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.[3]
Chronology
- 1907: born in Delavan, MN, to Inez Goff and William Clark Wood
- 1931: B.A., Macalester College[3]
- 1935: Ph.D. Iowa State University[3]
- 1936-1943: taught Bacteriology at Iowa State University[3]
- 1943-1946: taught Physiology at the University of Minnesota[3]
- 1946-67: director of the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University[3]
References
- ^ The Journal of Biological Chemistry;The Discovery of Heterotrophic Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Harland G. Wood;Nicole Kresge,Robert D. Simoni,Robert L. Hill
- ^ a b c d e f National Academy of Sciences;National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs:Harland Goff Wood;By David A. Goldthwait and Richard W. Hanson
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j WOOD, HARLAND GOFF - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- ^ Singleton, R. Jr. 1998. "A passion for the laboratory: Harland Goff Wood and American Biochemistry." CenterViews (CWRU: Center for Biomedical Ethics), Winter 97/98: 1 & 5 - 6
- ^ Singleton, R. Jr. "Wood, Harland Goff" in New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Noretta Koertge, Editor), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (In press, 2007).
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