Background
Shug, Austin Leo was born on July 23, 1925 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leo Austin and Alice (Fiederlein) Shug.
biochemist educator consultant researcher
Shug, Austin Leo was born on July 23, 1925 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leo Austin and Alice (Fiederlein) Shug.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1951, Master of Science, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1958. Postdoctoral fellow U. Indiana, Bloomington, 1957-1959.
Research associate Enzyme Institute University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959-1960.
Chemist, professor neurology department University of Wisconsin and Veterans Administration Hospital., Madison, since 1961. Chemist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1961.
Participant time laboratory director Metabolic Analysis laboratories, Incorporated., Madison, since 1981. Consultant Sigma-Tau Chemical Company, Rome, Italy, since 1977.
Contributor chapters to books, articles to professional journals.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1975-1981, 81–, Virginia, since 1961, Muscular Dystrophy Research Association, 1982-1983. Fellow American Institute Chemists.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, Federation American Societies for Experimental Biology, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Kathryn Jean Snyder, September 24, 1955. Children– Barbara, Mary, Leo.