Christian René de Duve

Background

Duve, Christian René de was born on October 2, 1917 in Thames-Ditton, England. Son of Alphonse and Madeleine (Pungs) de Duve.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Louvain, Belgium, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University Louvain, Belgium, 1945; Master of Science, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1946; D honoris causa, U. Turin, 1969; D honoris causa, U. Leiden, 1970; D honoris causa, U. Sherbrooke, 1970; D honoris causa, U. Lille, 1973; D honoris causa, Catholic U. Santiago, Chile, 1974; D honoris causa, U. René Descartes, Paris, 1974; D honoris causa, State University Liege, 1975; D honoris causa, State University Ghent, 1975; D honoris causa, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1975; D honoris causa, U. Rosario, Argentina, 1975; D honoris causa, U. Aix-Marseille II, 1979; D honoris causa, U. Keele, 1982; D honoris causa, Katholieke U. Leuven, 1984; D honoris causa, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1986; D honoris causa, U. Montreal, 1992; D honoris causa, Rockefeller U., 1997.

Career

Lecturer physiological chemistry faculty medicine, Catholic U. Louvain, 1947-1951; professor, head department physiological chemistry, Catholic U. Louvain, 1951-1985; emeritus professor, Catholic U. Louvain, since 1985. Professor biochemistry cytology Rockefeller U., New York City, 1962-1974, Andrew W. Mellon professor, 1974-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Visiting professor Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1961-1962, Chaire Francqui State University Ghent, 1962-1963, Free U. Brussels, 1963-1964, State University Liège, 1972-1973, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, 1990-1991.

Mayneguest professor of University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1972. President International Institute Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Brussels, 1974-1991.

Achievements

• Christian René de Duve has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Conseil d'Administration du Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique,1958-1961. Member Conseil de Gestion du Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale, 1959-1961. Member Commission Scientifique du Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale, 1958-1961.

Member Comité des Experts du Conseil National de la Politique Scientifique, 1958-1961. Member of advisory board Ciba Foundation, 1960-1985. Member adult development and aging research and training review committee National Institute Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, 1970-1973.

Member of advisory committee for medical research World Health Organization, 1974-1979. Member science advising committee Max Planck-Institute für Immunbiologie, 1975-1978, Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, 1985-1991, Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, 1986-1990, Clinical Research Institute Montreal, since 1986. Member biology advising committee New York Hall of Science, since 1986;advisory science committee Basel Institute for Immunology, 1989-1993.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS, Royal Academy Medicine, Royal Academy Belgium, Am.Chem. Society, Bio-chemical Society, American Philosophical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Pontifical Academy Science, American Society Cell Biology (county 1966-1969, E.B. Wilson award 1989), Society Chimie Biologique, Society Belge Biochim.

(pres.1962-1964), Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, KoninklykeAkademie voor Geneeskunde (Belgium), European Association Study Diabetes, European Molecular Biology Organisation, European Cell Biology Organisation, International Society Cell Biology, New York Academy Sciences, Society Belge de Physiologie, Sigma Xi. Foreign associate American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society London, Royal Society Canada, Académie des Sciences de Paris, Académie des Sciences d'Athénes, Academia Europaea, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie. Numerous honorary memberships. M C.

Connections

Married Janine Herman, September 30, 1943. Children: Thierry, Anne, Françoise, Alain.

Father:

Alphonse Duve

Mother:

Madeleine (Pungs) Duve

Spouse:

Janine Herman

child:

Anne Duve

child:

Thierry Duve

child:

Alain Duve

child:

Françoise Duve