Karl August FOLKERS

September 1, 1906

Decatur, Illinois, United States

Squibb & Lilly postdoctoral research fellow, Yale University, 1931-1934; researcher, Merck & Company Inc., 1934-1938; assistant director research, Merck & Company Inc., 1938-1945; director organic and biological chemistry research division, Merck & Company Inc., 1953-1956; executive director fundamental research, Merck & Company Inc., 1956-1962; vice president exploration research, Merck & Company Inc., 1962-1963; president, chief Executive officer, Stanford Research Institute, 1963-1968; professor of chemistry, director Institute biomedical Research, University Texas, Austin, since 1968; Ashbel Smith professor, University Texas, Austin, 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 Univercity, 1953. Lecturer medical faculty Lund, Stockholm Uppsala, Gothenburg universities, Sweden, 1954. Chairman conference on vitamins and metabolismGordon Research Confs., 1956, trustee, 1971. Strumer lecturer, 1957. Member science advising 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, 1963. Courtesy professor Stanford University, since 1963, University of California-Berkeley, since 1963. Marchon visiting lecturer U. Newcastle, 1964. F.F. Nord lecturer Fordham University, 1971. Member review committee United States Pharmacopoeia. Chairman National Academy Science, 1975. Member international advisory board 4th Intersci. World Conference on Inflammation, Geneva, 1991. Numerous invited lecture posts, since 1953.

Karl August FOLKERS

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Professor of chemistry

Background

FOLKERS, Karl was born on September 1, 1906 in Decatur, 111. Son of August W. Folkers and Laura Black Folkers.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, University of Illinois, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, University of 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.

Career

Squibb & Lilly postdoctoral research fellow, Yale University, 1931-1934; researcher, Merck & Company Inc., 1934-1938; assistant director research, Merck & Company Inc., 1938-1945; director organic and biological chemistry research division, Merck & Company Inc., 1953-1956; executive director fundamental research, Merck & Company Inc., 1956-1962; vice president exploration research, Merck & Company Inc., 1962-1963; president, chief Executive officer, Stanford Research Institute, 1963-1968; professor of chemistry, director Institute biomedical Research, University Texas, Austin, since 1968; Ashbel Smith professor, University Texas, Austin, 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 Univercity, 1953.

Lecturer medical faculty Lund, Stockholm Uppsala, Gothenburg universities, Sweden, 1954. Chairman conference on vitamins and metabolismGordon Research Confs., 1956, trustee, 1971. Strumer lecturer, 1957.

Member science advising 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, 1963. Courtesy professor Stanford University, since 1963, University of California-Berkeley, since 1963.

Marchon visiting lecturer U. Newcastle, 1964. F.F. Nord lecturer Fordham University, 1971. Member review committee United States Pharmacopoeia.

Chairman National Academy Science, 1975. Member international advisory board 4th Intersci. World Conference on Inflammation, Geneva, 1991.

Numerous invited lecture posts, since 1953.

Achievements

Karl August Folkers has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

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).

Connections

Married Selma Johnson in 1932.

Father:: August West. Folkers
Mother:: Laura Black Folkers
Spouse:: Selma Johnson

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