Paul Louis Day

Background

Day, Paul Louis was born on December 26, 1899 in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States. Son of Marcus Charles and Adella (Scott) Day.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Willamette University, 1921. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1923, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University of Arkansas, 1960.

Career

Began career as instructor chemistry Columbia Junior College, Milton, Oregon, 1921-1922. Professor of chemistry Montana Wesleyan College, Helena, 1923-1925. Assistant in chemistry Columbia, 1925-1927.

Professor, head biochemistry, school medicine U. Arkansas, 1927-1958, assistant dean graduate school, 1956-1958.

Science director United States Food and Drug Administration, Department Health, Edition and Welfare, 1959-1961. Scientific administrator, extramural programs, National Institutes of Health, 1962.

Achievements

• Paul Louis Day has been listed as a noteworthy government official, biochemist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science advising committee National Vitamin Foundation, 1953-1956. Nutrition Foundation, Incorporated., 1960-1962. Member food and nutrition board National Research Council.

1953-1959.

Member governing board Institute Laboratory Animal Resources, 1955-1958. Served as private United States Army, 1918. Member American Medical Association (affiliate), American Institute Nutrition (president 1953), American Chemical Society (chairman central Arkansas section 1952), American Society Biological Chemists, Southern Society Clinical Research (founder.

Member editorial board Journal of Nutrition, 1948-1952, Proceedings Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1952-1953, Proceedings Animal Care Panel, from 1958.

Connections

Married Mildred Garrett, June 22, 1922. Children: Peggy Day Leppmann, Dorothy Day Ciarlo.

Father:

Marcus Charles Day

Mother:

Adella (Scott) Day

Spouse:

Mildred Garrett

child:

Dorothy Day Ciarlo Day

child:

Peggy Day Leppmann Day