Education
University of Chicago. Johns Hopkins University.
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Louis Barkhouse Flexner
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Flexner proved, among other things, that the brain synthesized proteins at a much faster rate than had been held widele before him. He also established a link between protein synthesis and the brain"s functions of learning and memory. The National Academies Press called him "a major scientific figure". election to the National Academy of Sciences (1964) Flexner graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1923 and from Johns Hopkins University with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1927.
Achievements
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Election to the National Academy of Sciences (1964) election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences election to the American Philosophical Society a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists a member of the American Association of Anatomists (secretary-treasurer from 1956 to 1964 The Democratic National Committee named him to a newly created Advisory Council on Technology in 1959 served on scientific boards of the United States. Public Health Service, United Cerebral Palsy Association, National Council to Combat Blindness, National Research Council, National Paraplegic Society, and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis the Weinstein Award in 1957 In 1974 he was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of Laws) by the University of Pennsylvania UPenn tribute established the Louis B. Flexner Lectureship.
Membership
National Academy of Sciences]
a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists
a member of the American Association of Anatomists (secretary-treasurer from 1956 to 1964.
