Background
SCHERAGA, Harold was born on October 18, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Etta Scheraga.
SCHERAGA, Harold was born on October 18, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Etta Scheraga.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1941. A.M., Duke University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1946.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Duke University, 1961. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Rochester, 1988. Doctor of Science (honorary), University San Luis, 1992.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Technion, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Gdansk, 2005.
Teaching, research assistant Duke University, 1941-1946. Fellow Harvard Medical School, 1946-1947. Instructor chemistry Cornell University, 1947-1950, assistant professor, 1950-1953, associate professor, 1953-1958, professor, 1958-1965, Todd professor chemistry, 1965-1992, Todd professor chemistry emeritus, since 1992, chairman department, 1960-1967.
Visiting associate biochemist Brookhaven National Laboratory, summers 1950, 51, consultant biology department, 1950-1956. Visiting lecturer division protein chemistry Wool Research Laboratories, Melbourne, Australia, 1959. Visiting professor Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1970-1980, Society for Promotion of Science, Japan, August 1977.
Ramachandran professor, India, 2002. Member technical advisory panel Xerox Corporation, 1969-1971, 74-79. Member biochemistry training committee National Institutes of Health, 1963-1965, reviewers research, 1995-1998.
Member research career award committee NIGMS, 1967-1971, National Institutes of Health BBCA study section member, 1998-2002. Commission molecular biophysics International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics, 1965-1969, member commission macromolecular biophysics, 1969-1975, president, 1972-1975, member commission subcellular and macromolecular biophysics, 1975-1981. Advisory panel molecular biology National Science Foundation, 1960-1962.
Welch Foundation lecturer, 1962, Harvey lecturer, 1968, Gallagher lecturer, 1968, Lemieux lecturer, 1973, Hill lecturer, 1976, Venable lecturer, 1981. Co-chairman Gordon Conference on Proteins, 1963. Member council Gordon Research Conferences, 1969-1971.
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Author: Protein Structure, 1961, Theory of Helix-Coil Transitions in Biopolymers, 1970. Co-editor Molecular Biology, 1961-1986. Member editorial board Physiological Chemistry and Physics, 1969-1975, Mechanochemistry and Motility, 1970-1971, Thrombosis Research, 1972-1976, Biophysics Journal, 1973-1975, Macromolecules, 1973-1984, Computers and Chemistry, 1974-1984, International Journal Peptide and Protein Chemistry, 1982-1996, Journal Peptide Research, since 1997.Correspondent PAABS Revista, 1971-1973. Member editorial advisory board Biopolymers, since 1963, Biochemistry, 1969-1974, 85—, Structural Chemistry, 1989-1993, Journal Computational Polymer Science, 1991-1995, Journal Biomolecular Nuclear magnetic resonance, since 1991, Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, 1996-2000, Journal biomedical Science, since 1994, Journal American Chemical Society, 1995-2000.
Member Ithaca Board Education, 1958-1959. Board governors Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1970-1997. Member staff Naval Research Laboratory Project, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Development Project, World World War World War II.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Biophysics Society (council 1967-1970). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Peptide Society (honorary), American Chemical Society (chairman Cornell section 1955-1956, member executive committee division biological chemistry 1966-1969, vice chairman division biological chemistry 1970, chairman division biological chemistry 1971, Eli Lilly award 1957, Nichols medal 1974, Kendall award 1978, Pauling award 1985, Mobil award 1990, Repligen award 1990, International Business Machines Corporation award for computers in chemical and pharmaceutical research 1997, Hirschmann award in peptide chemical, 1999, Goodman award, 2009), American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life), Hungarian Biophysics Society (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Golf, skiing.
Married Miriam Kurnow, June 20, 1943. Children: Judith Anne, Deborah Ruth, Daniel Michael.