Makio Murayama

Background

Murayama, Makio was born on August 10, 1912 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Hakuyo and Namiye (Miyasaka) Murayama.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1938; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy (National Institutes of Health fellow), University of Michigan, 1953; Doctor of Science honoris causa, Open International U., Sri Lanka, 1994.

Career

Research biochemist, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, 1943, 45-48; research biochemist, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1943-1945; Research biochemist, Harper Hospital, Detroit, 1949-1954; research fellow in chemistry, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1954-1956; research associate in biochemistry, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1956-1958; special research fellow, National Cancer Institute at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1958; senior research biochemist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1958-1993.

Achievements

• Makio Murayama has been listed as a noteworthy biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Association Clinical Scientists, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Aerospace Medical Association, International Platform Association, West African Society Pharmacology (honorary), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Children: Gibbs Soga, Alice Myra.

Father:

Hakuyo Murayama

Mother:

Namiye (Miyasaka) Murayama

child:

Gibbs Soga Murayama

child:

Alice Myra Murayama