Background

Cragg, Gordon Mitchell was born on September 4, 1936 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Son of Ernest Lynn and Doris Jessie (Mitchell) Cragg. came to the United States, 1979.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Rhodes U., Grahamstown, South Africa, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1963.

Career

Senior lecturer, U. South Africa, Pretoria, 1966-1972; senior lecturer, U. Cape Town, 1973-1979; senior research chemist Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, 1979-1980; assistant to director Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, 1980-1984; expert natural products branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1984-1987; chemist, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1988-1989; chief natural products branch, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland., since 1989.

Achievements

• Gordon Mitchell Cragg has been listed as a noteworthy Government chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Organoboranes in organic synthesis (Studies in organic chemistry, v. 1)

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, American Society Pharmacognosy, South African Chemical Institute, International Society Economics Botany.

Connections

Married Jacqueline Claire Tuers, December 30, 1966.

Father:

Ernest Lynn Cragg

Mother:

Doris Jessie (Mitchell) Cragg

Spouse:

Jacqueline Claire Tuers