Background
FOLKERS, Karl was born on September 1, 1906 in Decatur, 111. Son of August W. Folkers and Laura Black Folkers.
FOLKERS, Karl was born on September 1, 1906 in Decatur, 111. Son of August W. Folkers and Laura Black Folkers.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Illinois, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, University Wisconsin, 1931. Doctor of Science (honorary), Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1962.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Illinois, 1973. Doctor of Pharmacy (honorary), University Uppsala, Sweden, 1969.
Degree in medicine and surgery (honorary), University Bologna, Italy, 1989. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Bologna, Italy, 1990.
Squibb & Lilly postdoctoral research fellow Yale University, 1931—1934. Researcher Merck & Company Inc., 1934—1938, assistant director research, 1938—1945, director organic and biological chemistry research division, 1953—1956, executive director fundamental research, 1956—1962, vice president exploration research, 1962—1963. President, chief executive officer Stanford Research Institute, 1963—1968.
Professor chemistry, director Institute biomedical Research University Texas, Austin, since 1968, Ashbel Smith professor, since 1973. President Karl Folkers Foundation for biomedical and Clinical Research, 1990—1995. Member division 9 National Defense Research Committee, 1943—1946.
Baker nonresident lecturer Cornell University, 1953. Lecturer medical faculty Lund, Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg universities, Sweden, 1954. Chairman conference on vitamins and metabolism Gordon Research Conference, 1956, trustee, 71.
Strumer lecturer, 57. Member science advisory committee Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1957—1960. Chairman advisory council department chemistry Princeton University, 1958—1964.
Regent's lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1960. Guest lecturer American Swiss Foundation Science Exchange, 1961. Robert A. Welch Foundation lecturer, 63.
Courtesy professor Stanford University, since 1963, University California-Berkeley, since 1963. Marchon visiting lecturer University Newcastle, 1964. F.F. Nord lecturer Fordham University, 1971.
Member review committee United States Pharmacopocia. Chairman National Academy of Sciences, 1975. Member international advisory board 4th Intersci.
World Conference on Inflammation, Geneva, 1991. Numerous invited lecture posts, since 1953.
Fellow: American Institute Nutrition. Member: International Society Metabolic Therapy (board directors 1988), American Chemical Society (chairman North Jersey section, chairman division organic chemistry, president 1962, Harrison-Howe award and lecturer 1949, Spencer award Kansas City section 1959, Nichols medal New York section 1967, Priestley medal 1986), American Institute Chemists, American Society Biological Chemistry, Society Italiana di Scienze Pharmaceutiche (honorary), National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences (foreign), Phi Lambda Epsilon (honorary).
Married Selma Johnson in 1932.