Paul D. Boyer - ATP and Cellular Energy

They are the unsung heroes of fundamental biomedical research, this group of scientists who have received their PhDs and come to work in various laboratories for low financial rewards.

Boyer has three children and many grandchildren. Boyer is vocal with his views on religion and the environment. He has served as general contractor and occasional laborer on the three homes he and his wife have built over the years. He also enjoys tennis, biking, and golf.

Awards and Honors

• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1955
• Award in Enzyme Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, 1955
• Chairman, Biochemistry Section, American Chemical Society, 1959-1960
• Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1968
• President, American Society of Biological Chemists, 1969-1970
• Member, National Academy of sciences, 1970
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Stockholm, 1974
• Editor (or Associate Editor), Annual Review of Biochemistry, 1963-1989
• Rose Award, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1989
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Minnesota, 1996
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1997
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Wisconsin, 1998
• UCLA Medal, 1998

Sources

http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1997/boyer-autobio.html<

http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/boyer.html

http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/boyer/citation1.html

http://www.oid.ucla.edu/webcast/UCTV/Titles/Boyer.html

http://www.chem.ucla.edu/news/Boyer_bio.html

http://almaz.com/nobel/chemistry/1997a.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/paul-d-boyer

http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/boyer/

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