Background
Mehler, Alan Haskell was born on May 24, 1922 in St. Louis. Son of Louis A. and Estelle (Caplan) Mehler.
Mehler, Alan Haskell was born on May 24, 1922 in St. Louis. Son of Louis A. and Estelle (Caplan) Mehler.
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1948.
Member, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1948;
assistant professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1949;
assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1949-1951;
chemist, National Institutes of Health-NIAMD, Bethesda, Maryland., 1951-1960;
chief section on enzymes, National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1965;
professor and chairman, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1965-1983;
professor biochemistry, Howard U., Washington, since 1983. Consultant Monsanto, St. Louis, 1966-1982. Member physiological chemical study section National Institutes of Health, 1966-1970.
Member steering committee National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research Facility, Maryland., 1982-1985.
Board directors Foundation for Advisory Education in the Sciences, Bethesda, 1959-1965. President Home Study Program, Inc., Kensington, Maryland, 1960-1965. With United States Army, 1943-1944.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (program chairman division biochemistry), International Union Biochemistry (committee on education), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (educational affairs committee).
Married Anne Feinstein, September 19, 1943. Children: Louise N., Edith C., Ronald W., David E.