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Sheehan, John Clark was born on September 23, 1915 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Leo Clark and Florence B. (Green) Sheehan.
( The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intrac...)
The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intractable beta-lactam structure or "enchanted ring," proved to be one of the most difficult problems ever undertaken by organic chemists. In this book, John Sheehan the man who succeeded in synthesizing penicillin after others had given up, recounts the discovery and development of this remarkable drug.
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professor of organic chemistry
Sheehan, John Clark was born on September 23, 1915 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Leo Clark and Florence B. (Green) Sheehan.
Bachelor of Science, Battle Creek College, 1937; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1941; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1963; Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Stevens Institute Technology, 1980.
Research associate, National Defense Research Committee Project, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1941;
senior research chemist, Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 1941-1946;
assistant professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1946-1949;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1949-1952;
professor organic chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1952-1977;
professor emeritus, senior lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1977-1992. Reilly lecturer U. Notre Dame, 1953. Swiss-American Foundation lecturer, Zurich, Basel and Bern, 1958.
McGregory lecturer Colgate University, 1958. Bachmann Memorial lecturer University of Michigan, 1959. Ampere-hour Robins Memorial lecturer, Richmond, Virginia, 1975.
Science liaison officer American Embassy Office Naval Research, London, 1953-1954. Consultant President's Science Advisory Committee, 1961-1965. Chairman President's Science Adv.Com.
Chemistry and Biology. Member President's Science Advisory Committee Ltd. War Panel, 1961-1965.
National counselor Gordon Research Confs., National Institutes of Health. Blicke Meml.lectr., 1981.
( The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intrac...)
(In this book, John Sheehan the man who succeeded in synth...)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society (London), Royal Institute Chemists (London). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (Pure Chemistry award 1951, Organic Chemistry award 1959, chairman organic division 1959-1960, board directors 1966-1969, 71-76, past chairman grants and fellowships committee, chairman international activities committee, national director), Sigma Xi.
Married Marion M. Jennings, June 2, 1941. Children— John Clark, David E., Elizabeth Sheehan Watkins.