Background
Richards, Frederic Middlebrook was born on August 19, 1925 in New York City. Son of George and Marianna Richards.
Richards, Frederic Middlebrook was born on August 19, 1925 in New York City. Son of George and Marianna Richards.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952. Doctor of Science (honorary), University New Haven, 1982.
Research fellow in physical chemistry Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1953. National Research Council postdoctoral fellow Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark, 1954. National Science Foundation fellow Cambridge University, England, 1955.
Assistant professor biochemistry Yale University, New Haven, 1955-1959, associate professor, 1959-1962, professor, 1963-1989, Henry Ford II professor molecular biophysics, 1967-1989, Sterling professor molecular biophysics, 1989-1991, Sterling professor emeritus, 1991—2009, chairman department molecular biology and biophysics, 1963-1967, chairman department molecular biophysics and biochemistry, 1969-1973. Director Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Medical Research, 1976-1991, board directors, 1997-2009. Member National Advisory Research & Resources Council, 1983-1987.
Member corporation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1977-1983, 84-90. Member board advisors Whitney Marine Laboratory, 1979-1984, Purdue University Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, 1980-1984, Biology division Argonne National Laboratory, 1982-1984, Brookhaven National Laboratory, National Synchrotron Light Source. Member science advisory board structural biology Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1988-1989, advisory board, 1989-1992.
Member science advisory board Donaghue Foundation Medical Research, 1991-1992, external advisory board University Illinois Beckman Institute, 1994-1999.
Member editorial board Journal Biological Chemistry, 1963-1969, 82-84, Journal Molecular Biology, 1973-1975, Advances in Protein Chemistry, 1963-2009. Contributor articles on protein and enzyme chemistry.
Sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (member council 1998-2009). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Merck award 1988), Protein Society (Stein and Moore award 1988), International Union Pure and Applied Biophysics (member council 1975-1981), American Society Biological Chemists (president 1979-1980), Biophysics Society (president 1972-1973), American Chemical Society, American Crystallographic Association, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering.
Sailing, hiking trail maintenance.
Married Heidi Clarke, 1948 (divorced 1955). Children: Sarah, Ruth Gray. Married Sarah Wheatland, 1959.
1 child, George Huntington.