Kenneth Alfred Thomas

Background

Thomas, Kenneth Alfred was born on November 28, 1946 in Oklahoma City. Son of Kenneth Alfred and Nellymae (DeWitt) Thomas.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Delaware, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Duke U., 1974.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1974-1975; postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1977; postdoctoral fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, 1977-1979; senior research scientist, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, 1979-1983; research fellow, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, 1983-1986; associate director, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, 1986-1988; director, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, New Jersey, since 1988. Correspondent Trends in Bio-chemical Sciences, 1988-1993. Co-organizer Keystone (Colorado) Symposium on Fibroblast Growth Factors and Angiogenesis, 1991.

Speaker Heidelberg (Germany) U. 600th Anniversary Symposium, 1986, National Institutes of Health 100th Anniversary Symposium, 1987. Session chairman, speaker Max-Planck Institute, Munich, 1988.

Achievements

• Kenneth Alfred Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Biological Chemists, Protein Chemistry Society, American Chem.Soc., New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Theresa Ellen Behrens, December, 1973. Children: Kenneth Arthur, Christopher Alfred, Katharine Annual.

Father:

Kenneth Alfred Thomas

Mother:

Nellymae (DeWitt) Thomas

Spouse:

Theresa Ellen Behrens

child:

Kenneth Arthur Thomas

child:

Christopher Alfred Thomas

child:

Katharine Annual Thomas