Pharmanex SAB Chairman Carl Djerassi to Receive Prestigious Award
Pharmanex Scientific Advisory Board Chairman Carl Djerassi, Ph.D., will be awarded the 2004 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal on June 17, 2004. Awarded by The American Institute of Chemists (AIC) and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), the award is the AIC’s highest honor given. The presentation of the AIC Gold Medal will be part of a day devoted to celebrating achievement and promise in the chemical and molecular sciences.
Dr. Djerassi, emeritus professor of chemistry at Stanford University, is widely known for being the inventor, or "father," of the birth control pill. He is also recognized globally for his effectiveness in translating scientific knowledge into technological practice and for promoting international scientific cooperation. As a junior chemist with a Swiss pharmaceutical company, he was part of the team that was credited for the discovery of the antihistamine Pyribenzamine Soon after at the age of 22 Djerassi received his Ph.D. and went to work at a Syntex lab in Mexico City. It was there that he directed the synthesis of the first oral contraceptive for women in 1951. Djerassi has received 19 honorary doctorates and numerous other honors, such as the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application of Science from the National Academy of Sciences, and the Priestley Medal.
Carl Djerassi is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Djerassi is also an internationally renowned author, not only of scientific works but also of best-selling fiction and two autobiographical works including, From the Lab into the World : A Pill for People, Pets, and Bugs (Creators of Modern Chemistry) and The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse/the Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist Who Synthesized the Birth Control Pill.
To read more about the award, visit
http://www.chemheritage.org/press/pr_04_mar_23.htm
To read more about Pharmanex Scientific Advisory Board Chairman Carl Djerassi, Ph.D., go to
http://www.pharmanex.com/corp/company/px_science/carl_djerassi.shtml
To read about other distinguished members of the Pharmanex Scientific Advisory Board, visit
http://www.pharmanex.com/corp/company/px_science/advisory_board.shtml
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