Background
Hastings, Albert Baird was born on November 20, 1895 in Dayton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Otis Luther and Elizabeth (Henry) Hastings.
Hastings, Albert Baird was born on November 20, 1895 in Dayton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Otis Luther and Elizabeth (Henry) Hastings.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1921. Doctor of Science, University Michigan, 1941.
Doctor of Science, Oxford, 1952. Doctor of Science, Boston University, 1956. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1942.
Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1945. Doctor of Science, St. Louis University, 1965. Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1967.
Doctor of Science, Indiana University, 1972.
Chemist, United States Public Health Service, 1917-1921;
Chemist, Rockefeller Institute, 1921-1926;
professor physiological chemistry, University of Chicago, 1926-1928;
professor biochemistry, Lasker Foundation for Medical Research, 1928-1935;
Hamilton Kuhn professor biological chemical, Harvard Medical School, 1935-1959;
emeritus, Harvard Medical School, 1959-1987;
head laboratory metabolic research, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, 1959-1966;
member emeritus, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1966-1987;
honorary professor, U. San Marcos, 1957;
research associate, University of California at San Diego, 1960-1987. Visiting professor Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran, 1967. Syndic Harvard University Press.
Fulbright lecturer University of Oxford, 1952. Member senior common room Trinity College, 1953-1987.
Trustee Brookhaven National Laboratory, Associate Universities, 1948-1951. Consultant Committee on Biology and Medicine, United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1963. Member National Advisory Health Council, 1947-1948, United States Public Health Service National Advisory Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases Council, 1956-1960, Heart Council, 1960-1964.
Consultant science advisory board Walter Reed Army Institute Research, 1956-1962. Member visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1956-1987, chairman, 1962-1963. National science advisory committee Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and Institute.
Member Committee on Medical Research, Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1941-1946, National Advisory Cancer Council, 1943-1946. Research Board for National Security, 1945. Member Science Advisory Committee The Nutrition Foundation, 1947-1961.
Advisory board Bio-chemical Preparations, 1945-1968. Advisory council Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, 1946-1950. National advisory committee to White House Conference on Aging, 1970-1972.
Member Association American Physicians, National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists (president 1945-1946), American Philosophical Society, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biological Medicine (president 1945-1946), Association Clinical Chemists (honorary), Harvey Society, Sinfonia (Phi Mu Alpha), Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Century Association (New York City), Harvard (New York City). Cosmos (Washington); Chicago Literary.
Married Margaret Anne Johnson, 1918 (deceased 1979). 1 son, Alan Baird.