Background
Alexander M. Cruikshank was born in Marlborough, New Hampshire.
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Alexander Cruikshank
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While working at Rhode Island State College as an instructor he earned his Master of Surgery in chemistry in 1945. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts in 1954.
Career
He took his Bachelor of Surgery in chemistry at Rhode Island State College in 1943. Cruikshank served on the chemistry faculty at the University of Rhode Island from 1953 to 1982 and was Chair of the Chemistry Department from 1976 until his 1982 retirement. He also served as director of the Gordon Research Conferences from 1968 until his retirement in 1993.
Cruikshank is a resident of South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Since 1994, the Cruikshank Lectureship Award has been bestowed annually to the most highly distinguished scientists presenting their research at the Gordon Research Conferences. Typically, there is one such lectureship annually for each of the principal subdisciplines of the Conferences, namely the Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences.
At its discretion, the Gordon Research Conferences Board of Directors may occasionally elect additional Cruickshank lecturers.
