Background
Malmström, Bo Gunnar was born on May 11, 1927 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Edgar Teodor and Ida Konstantia (Bergström) Malmström.
Malmström, Bo Gunnar was born on May 11, 1927 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Edgar Teodor and Ida Konstantia (Bergström) Malmström.
Bachelor of Science, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1951. Doctor of Science, Uppsala University, 1956.
Honorary Doctor of Science, University Utrecht, 1986.
Chemistry University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1951. Research fellow in biochemistry U. Uppsala (Sweden), 1952-1956, assistant professor, 1956-1960, research assistant professor, 1960-1963. Biochemistry, department head U. Göteborg (Sweden), 1963-1982.
Visiting professor biochemistry University of Southern California, 1963.
Visiting Miller professor department biochemistry University of California, Berkeley, 1973-1974. Visiting professor department organic chemistry U. Utrecht (Holland), 1978.
Sherman Fairchild Distinguished scholar California Institute Technology, 1980-1981. Chairman Nobel Prize Award Committee for Chemistry.
Member Swedish Chemical Society (Norblad-Ekstrand medal 1972), Swedish Physical Society, Swedish Biology-chemical Society, Gothenburg Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Society Biological Chemists (honorary).
Married Betty Hallberg, July 7, 1951. Children: Barbro, January Research fellow in physiological chemistry University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1951.