Edwin Demuth Becker

Background

Becker, Edwin Demuth was born on May 3, 1930 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Rochester, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of California, 1955.

Career

Instructor, University of California, 1955; physical chemist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1955; chief section molecular biophysics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1962-1972; chief laboratory chemical physics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1980; acting director Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, 1979-1980; associate director for research services, National Institutes of Health, 1980-1988; chief section Nuclear magnetic resonance, National Institutes of Health, 1972-1998; scientist emeritus, National Institutes of Health, since 1998; member of faculty Graduate School, National Institutes of Health, since 1963. Lecturer Georgetown University, 1958-1997.

Achievements

• Edwin Demuth Becker has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, laboratory director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married, 1953; 2 children.