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Dawson, John Harold was born on September 19, 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Reginald and Dorothea (Lockard) Dawson.
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John Harold Dawson, American Chemistry educator. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Chemical Society; American Society Biochemists and Molecular Biologists; South Carolina. Academy Science; International Scientific Advisory Board, Internat.Symposium on Cytochrome P-450 of Microorganisms and Plants, International Conference on Cytochrome P-450 Biochemistry and Biophysics, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Education
AB, Columbia University, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1976.
Career
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1976-1978;
assistant professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1978-1983;
associate professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1983-1986;
professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, Columbia, since 1987;
Carolina distinguished professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, since 1987;
adjunct faculty mem, University of Southern California School Medicine, since 1978. Chairman chemistry graduate admissions committee University of Southern California, since 1980. Ad hoc reviewer National Institutes of Health Metallobiochemistry Study Section, 1986-1987.
Co-organizer Symposium International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Socs., Honolulu, 1989, 95-. Member review panel National Science Foundation Instrumentation Program, 1990-1993. Member Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship review panel Biochemistry and Structural Biology, 1990-1994, chairman, 1991-1994.
Editorial board Chemtracts-Inorganic Chemistry. Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society. American Society Biochemists and Molecular Biologists.
South Carolina. Academy Science. International Scientific Advisory Board, Internat.Symposium on Cytochrome P-450 of Microorganisms and Plants, International Conference on Cytochrome P-450 Biochemistry and Biophysics, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
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Married Ann Willett, August 19, 1973 (divorced). 1 child, Zoe Elizabeth.
Awards
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Recipient Research Career Development award National Institutes of Health, 1983-1988, Russell award for Research Excellence in Science and Engineering, University South Carolina., 1988, Basic Science Faculty Research award University South Carolina. School Medicine, 1993. Camille and Henry DreyfusTchr./Scholar, 1982-1987. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research fellow, 1983-1987, DuPont Distinguished lecturer Indiana U., 1988. Recipient numerous grants.Recipient Research Career Development award National Institutes of Health, 1983-1988, Russell award for Research Excellence in Science and Engineering, University South Carolina., 1988, Basic Science Faculty Research award University South Carolina. School Medicine, 1993. Camille and Henry DreyfusTchr./Scholar, 1982-1987.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research fellow, 1983-1987, DuPont Distinguished lecturer Indiana U., 1988. Recipient numerous grants.