Background
MEISTER, Alton was born on June 1, 1922 in New York, United States. Son of Morris and Florence G. Meister.
MEISTER, Alton was born on June 1, 1922 in New York, United States. Son of Morris and Florence G. Meister.
Harvard College, and Cornell University Medical College. Journal of Biological Chemistry since 1977.
Intern, assistant resident New York Hospital, New York City, 1946. Head clinical biochemistry research section National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1951-1955. Commissioned officer United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1946-1955.
Professor biochemistry, chairman department Tufts University School Medicine, 1955-1967. Professor, chairman department biochemistry Cornell University Medical College, New York City, 1967-1995. Biochemist-in-chief New York Hospital, 1971-1995.
Visiting professor biochemistry University Washington, 1959, University California at Berkeley, 1961. Consultant United States Public Health Service, 1964-1968. Chairman physiological chemistry study section.
Member committee on growth National Research Council, 1954. Member biochemistry study section United States Public Health Service, 1955-1960, biochemistry training committee, 1961-1963. Consultant American Cancer Society, 1958-1961, 71-74.
Chairman United States committee International Union Biochemistry, 1960-1965, 79-85.
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Author: Biochemistry of Amino Acids. Member editorial board: Journal Biological Chemistry, 1958-1964. Associate editor, 1976-1995.Member editorial board: Bio-chemical Preparations, 1957-1964, Biochemistry, 1962-1971, 80-84, Methods in Bio-chemical Analysis, 1963-1987, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1965-1977, Annual Review Biochemistry, 1961-1965. Associate editor, 1965-1995. Editor: Advances in Enzymology, 1969-1995.Contributor articles on enzymes, amino acids and glutathione to science journals.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Bio-chemical Society London, Chemical Society London, American Chemical Society (Paul-Lewis award enzyme chemistry 1954, chairman division biological chemistry 1965), American Association Cancer Research, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (president 1977, William C. Rose award in biochemistry 1984), Japanese Bio-chemical Society (honorary), Royal Academy Medicine (Spain. Honorary), Vitamin Society Japan (honorary), Harvey Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Leonora Garten Meister , December 26, 1943. Children: Jonathan Howard, Kenneth Eliot.