Derek Harold Calam

Background

Calam, Derek Harold was born on May 11, 1936 in London. Son of Richard Hellyer and Winifred Ella (Nortier) Calam.

Education

Master of Arts, Wadham College, Oxford, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1962.

Career

Scientific staff, National Institute Medical Research, London, 1962-1966; scientific staff, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, England, 1966-1969; scientific staff, National Institute Medical Research, London, 1969-1972; scientific staff, National Institute Biological Studies and Control, Potters Bar, England, 1972-1975; head chemical division, National Institute Biological Studies and Control, Potters Bar, England, 1975-1994; European affairs coordinator, National Institute Biological Studies and Control, Potters Bar, England, since 1994.

Achievements

• Derek Harold Calam has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member European Pharmacopoeia Commission, since 1988, vice chairman, since 1995. Member British Pharmacopoeia Commission, since 1982, vice chairman, since 1995. Expert advisory World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1984, Order of British Empire, 1997.

Fellow Royal Society Chemistry. Member Bio-chemical Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Great Britain (honorary).

Interests

• Avocations: walking, traveling.

Connections

Married Claudia Summers, September 15, 1965. Children: Duncan, Josephine, Douglas.

Father:

Richard Hellyer Calam

Mother:

Winifred Ella (Nortier) Calam

Spouse:

Claudia Summers

child:

Josephine Calam

child:

Duncan Calam

child:

Douglas Calam