Background
Montgomery, John Atterbury was born on March 29, 1924 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Daniel Cameron and Ruth (Atterbury) Montgomery.
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John Atterbury Montgomery
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AB cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1946; Master of Science in Organic Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1951.
Career
Research chemist, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, 1952-1956;
director organic chemistry, Southern Research Institute, 1956-1974;
vice president, Southern Research Institute, 1974-1981;
senior vice-president, director Kettering Meyer Laboratory, Southern Research Institute, 1981-1990;
distinguished scientist research, Southern Research Institute, since 1990. Executive vice president, director research, chief scientific officer Biocryst, since 1990. Adjunct Professor Birmingham Southern College, 1957-1962.
Adjunct senior scientist U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1978. Board directors American Association Cancer Research, Association American Cancer Institutions. Member President Reagan's Cancer Panel.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow New York Academy Sciences. Member American Chemical Society (councilor 1971-1986, recipient Herty medal 1974, Southern Chemist award 1980, Burger award 1986, Edward E. Smissman Bristol-Myers Squibb Award, 1995), American Association Cancer Research (Cain Memorial award 1982), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, International Society Heterocyclic Chemistry (advisory board 1982-1983), Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Connections
Married Jean Kirkman, July 19, 1947. Children: John Junior, Elaine Porter, Kirkman, Ruth Adrianne.
