Edward Robert Garrett

Background

Garrett, Edward Robert was born on April 9, 1920 in New York City. Son of Murray and Stella (Abrams) Garrett.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1941. Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy (Hinman fellow), Michigan State University, 1950.

Honorary Doctor of Science, Michigan State University, 1974. Doctor rerum national honoris causa, University Berlin, 1979. Doctor honoris causa, Poznam Academy Medicine, 1989.

Career

Assistant foreman General Chemical Company, Claymont, Delaware, 1941-1942. Supervisor TNT production Keystone Ordnance Works, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1942-1943. Chemical process engineer synthetic rubber General Tire & Rubber Company, Baytown, Texas, 1943-1945.

Assistant plant manager sulfuric acid production Stauffer Chemical Company, Hammond, Indiana, 1945-1946. Graduate assistant Michigan State University, 1946-1949. Senior research scientist, group leader Upjohn Company, 1950-1961.

Graduate research professor University Florida College Pharmacy, Gainesville, since 1961. Chairman graduate studies, 1968-1970. Visiting professor University Wisconsin, 1958, University Buenos Aires, 1965.

Consultant Smith Kline & French Laboratories, 1963-1975. Visiting scientist University California at San Francisco, 1964. President symposium industrial pharmacy and biochemistry Latin American Congress Chemistry, Buenos Aires, 1962.

Member committee revision, member subcommittee organic and inorganic compounds, general tests United States Pharmacopeia XIX, 1970-1975.

Achievements

• Edward Robert Garrett has been listed as a notable pharmaceutical scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academy Pharmaceutical Sciences, International Society Clinical Pharmacology (senator, American vice president 1972-1974), American Association Pharmaceutical Sciences. Honorary member Argentine, Chilean societies industrial pharmacy and biochemistry. Member New York Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Pharmaceutical Association (Ebert prize 1962, Research Achievement award physical chemical in pharmaceutical science 1963, Research Achievement award in drug standards and assay 1969, Industrial Pharmaceutical Technical award 1976, Stimulation of Research award 1981, Rho Chi honorary lecture award 1985, Research Achievement award 1990), American Society Microbiology, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (vice president section), Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Rho Chi, Rho Pi Phi, Alpha Chi Sigma.

Connections

Married Irene Brewer, July 31, 1941. Children: Jan Edward, Terry Lee, Kurt Lane.

Father:

Murray Garrett

Mother:

Stella (Abrams) Garrett

Spouse:

Irene Brewer

child:

Kurt Lane Garrett

child:

Terry Lee Garrett

child:

Jan Edward Garrett