Background
Fischer, Edmond Henri was born on April 6, 1920 in Shanghai. Arrived in United States, 1953, naturalized. Son of Oscar and Renée (Tapernoux) Fischer.
Fischer, Edmond Henri was born on April 6, 1920 in Shanghai. Arrived in United States, 1953, naturalized. Son of Oscar and Renée (Tapernoux) Fischer.
Degree in biology, University Geneva, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Geneva, 1947. Doctor (honorary), University Montpellier, France, 1985.
Doctor (honorary), University Basel, Switzerland, 1988. Doctor (honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1993. Doctor (honorary), Indiana University, 1993.
Doctor (honorary), University Bochum, Germany, 1994.
Research fellow Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1950—1953. Research associate biology California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1953. Assistant professor biochemistry University Washington, Seattle, 1953—1956, associate professor, 1956—1961, professor, 1961—1990, professor emeritus, since 1990.
Member executive committee Pacific Slope Bio-chemical Conference, 1958—1959, president, 1975. Member biochemistry study section National Institutes of Health, 1959—1964. Symposium co-chairman Battelle Seattle Research Center, 1970, 73, 78.
Member science advisory board Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 1976—1984, chairman, 1981—1984. Member science advisory board Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1980—1989, Basel Institute Immunology, 1995—1998, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, 1995—2001, Principe Felipe Science Museum, Valencia, Spain, since 1998, Venetian Institute Molecular Medicine, University Padova, Italy, since 2001. Member science advisory board, board governors Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, since 1998.
Bert & Kugie Vallee visiting professor Harvard Medical School, since 1998.
Member science council American Heart Association, 1977—1980. Board directors Washington Technology Center, 1986—1989. Fellow: Royal Society London (foreign member), American Academy Arts & Sciences.
Member: National Academy of Sciences, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), European Academy of Sciences (honorary), Royal Academy Medicine & Surgery (honorary), Venice Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters (associate. Foreign), Japanese Bio-chemical Society (honorary), Korean Academy of Sciences & Technology (honorary), American Chemical Society (member executive committee, division biology 1969-1972, monograph advisory board 1971-1973), American Society Biological Chemists (council member 1989-1993).
Married Nelly Gagnaux, 1948 (divorced 1961). Children: Francois, Henri. Married Beverley Bullock, 1963.
1 stepchild Paula.