Background
COON, Minor was born on July 29, 1921 in Englewood, Colorado, United States. Son of Minor Dillon Coon and Mary (nee Jesser) Coon.
COON, Minor was born on July 29, 1921 in Englewood, Colorado, United States. Son of Minor Dillon Coon and Mary (nee Jesser) Coon.
Bachelor, University Colorado, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1946. Doctor of Science (honorary), Northwestern University, 1983.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Northeastern Ohio University College Medicine, 1987. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1991.
Postdoctoral research assistant in biochemistry University Illinois, 1946-1947. Instructor department physiological chemistry University Pennsylvania, 1947-1949, assistant professor, 1949-1953. Associate professor, 1953-1955.
Professor department biological chemistry University Michigan Medical School, since 1955, Victor C. Vaughan Distinguished University professor biological chemistry, since 1983, chairman department, 1970-1990. Research fellow department pharmacology New York University, 1952-1953. Research fellow Federal Polytechnic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland, 1961-1962.
Consultant Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1956-1958. Member advisory council Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, 1960-1965. Member biochemistry study section National Institutes of Health, 1963-1966, research career award committee, 1966-1970.
Member University Chicago review committee for Argonne National Laboratory, since 1985. Henry Russel lecturer University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991. Foreign adjunct professor Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, since 1992.
Editor-in-chief: Biochemical Preparations, 1962, Microsomes, Drug Oxidations and Chemical Carcinogenesis, 1980. Member editorial bds.: Biochemistry, 1971-1974, 85—, Molecular Pharmacology, 1972-1978, Journal Biological Chemistry, 1976-1981, Proceedings Science Conference on Cytochrome P-450: Structural and Functional Aspects, 1980.Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (award in enzyme chemistry 1959), American Society for Microbiology, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (secretary 1981-1984, president 1991-1992), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Best Public Paper award 1989), Biophysics Society, International Society for biomedical Research on Alcoholism, International Society for Study of Xenobiotics, Research Society for Alcoholism, Association Medical School Departments Biochemistry (president 1974-1975), International Union Biochemistry (chairman committee on interest groups, executive committee 1985-1991), American Institute Biological Sciences, American Oil Chemists Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society for Free Radical Research, Oxygen Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
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Married Mary Louise Newburn, June 27, 1948. Children: Lawrence R., Susan L.