Background
Dale Boger was born on August 22, 1953, in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Dale Lester Boger
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He studied chemistry at the University of Kansas (Bachelor of Science, 1975), Doctor of Philosophy 1980, Harvard University, under Professor East. J. Corey.
Career
Following graduate school, he joined the faculty at the University of Kansas where he became assistant/associate professor of medicinal chemistry (1979–1985). In 1985, he started at Purdue University, where he was professor of chemistry (1985–1991). Boger is active in the field of organic chemistry with research interests including natural product synthesis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, and combinatorial chemistry.
He is also the author of a popular book on synthetic organic chemistry: Modern Organic Synthesis Lecture Notes (TSRI Press, 1999).
Achievements
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Dale Boger has received numerous awards and honors including: National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1975-1978 Searle Scholar Award, 1981-1984 National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award, 1983-1988 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1985-1989 American College of Surgeons Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 1988 American Cyanamid Academic Award, 1988 Japan Promotion of Science Fellow, 1993 ISHC Katritzky Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1997 Honorary Member, The Lund Chemical Society (Sweden), 1998 American College of Surgeons Aldrich Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 1999 A. R. Day Award, POCC 1999 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degree: Laurea Honors Causa, University of Ferrara, 2000 Smissman Lecturer, University of Kansas, 2000 Yamanouchi United States of America Faculty Award, 2000 Myron L. Bender & Muriel S. Bender Distinguished Summer Lectureship, Northwestern University, 2001 Paul Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2002 Ross Lecturer, Dartmouth College, 2002 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003 Adrien Albert Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003 Inter-Services Intelligence Highly Cited (top 100 chemists) Alder Lecturer, University of Köln, 2005 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006 American College of Surgeons Guenther Award in Natural Products, 2007 Editor-in-Chief, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1990–present Executive Editorial Board Member, Tetrahedron Publications, 1990–present American College of Surgeons Medicinal Chemistry Division Long Range Planning Committee, 1981–1983 Committee, 1984–1986 Councilor, 1996–1999.
Membership
Currently, in addition to chairing the Department of Chemistry, he is Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry and member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute.
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Alfred P. Sloan; Albert Medal; Arts and Sciences; Committee Dale Boger has received numerous awards and honors including: NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1975–78 Searle Scholar Award, 1981–84 NIH Research Career Development Award, 1983–88 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1985–89 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 1988 American Cyanamid Academic Award, 1988 Japan Promotion of Science Fellow, 1993 ISHC Katritzky Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1997 Honorary Member, The Lund Chemical Society (Sweden), 1998 ACS Aldrich Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 1999 A. R. Day Award, POCC 1999 Honorary Ph.D. Degree: Laurea Honors Causa, Univ. of Ferrara, 2000 Smissman Lecturer, Univ. of Kansas, 2000 Yamanouchi USA Faculty Award, 2000 Myron L. Bender & Muriel S. Bender Distinguished Summer Lectureship, Northwestern University, 2001 Paul Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2002 Ross Lecturer, Dartmouth College, 2002 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003 Adrien Albert Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003 ISI Highly Cited (top 100 chemists) Alder Lecturer, University of Köln, 2005 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006 ACS Guenther Award in Natural Products, 2007 Editor-in-Chief, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1990–present Executive Editorial Board Member, Tetrahedron Publications, 1990–present ACS Medicinal Chemistry Division Long Range Planning Committee, 1981–1983 Committee, 1984–1986 Councilor, 1996–1999 The Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, who had been President of the Society for 18 years.Alfred P. Sloan; Albert Medal; Arts and Sciences; Committee Dale Boger has received numerous awards and honors including: NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1975–78 Searle Scholar Award, 1981–84 NIH Research Career Development Award, 1983–88 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1985–89 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 1988 American Cyanamid Academic Award, 1988 Japan Promotion of Science Fellow, 1993 ISHC Katritzky Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1997 Honorary Member, The Lund Chemical Society (Sweden), 1998 ACS Aldrich Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 1999 A. R. Day Award, POCC 1999 Honorary Ph.D. Degree: Laurea Honors Causa, Univ. of Ferrara, 2000 Smissman Lecturer, Univ. of Kansas, 2000 Yamanouchi USA Faculty Award, 2000 Myron L. Bender & Muriel S. Bender Distinguished Summer Lectureship, Northwestern University, 2001 Paul Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2002 Ross Lecturer, Dartmouth College, 2002 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003 Adrien Albert Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003 ISI Highly Cited (top 100 chemists) Alder Lecturer, University of Köln, 2005 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006 ACS Guenther Award in Natural Products, 2007 Editor-in-Chief, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1990–present Executive Editorial Board Member, Tetrahedron Publications, 1990–present ACS Medicinal Chemistry Division Long Range Planning Committee, 1981–1983 Committee, 1984–1986 Councilor, 1996–1999 The Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, who had been President of the Society for 18 years.