Ralph Theodore Theodore Holman

Background

HOLMAN, Ralph was born on March 4, 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Alfred Theodore Holman and May Carlia Anna Nilson.

Education

Associate of Arts, Bethel Junior College, 1937; Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1939; Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1944.

Career

Instructor, division of biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1944-1946; National Research Council-National Academy Sciences fellow, Medical Nobel Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1946-1947; American Scandinavian Foundation fellow, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1947; associate professor biochemistry and nutrition, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1948-1951; associate professor biochemistry, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, 1951-1956; professor, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, since 1956; executive director, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, 1975-1985; emeritus professor, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, since 1988; also Adjunct Professor of biochemistry, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, since 1977. Member nutrition study section National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963. President, organizer Golden Jubilee International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids and Prostaglandins, 1980.

Member of advisory board Deul. Conference on Lipids, 1960-1986. Sinclair Memorial lecturer Third International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids and Eicasanoids, Adelaide, 1992.

Achievements

• Ralph Theodore Holman has been listed as a noteworthy biochemistry professor, nutritionist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Progress In The Chemistry Of Fats And Other Lipids

Membership

President Mower County Council Churches., Austin, 1953-1957. Member Hormel Foundation, Austin, 1979-1986. Fellow American Institute Nutrition (Borden award 1966).

Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Oil Chemists Society (president 1974-1975, Lipid Chemistry award 1979, Baldwin Distinguished Service award 2001), American Society Biological Chemists, American Orchid Society (research committee 1980-1985), American Heart Association (board directors Minnesota affiliate 1991-1993).

Interests

• Avocations: writing history, gardening, orchid culture, research on orchid fragrances, construction.

Connections

Married Karla Calais, March 26, 1943. 1 child Nils Teodore.

Father:

Alfred Theodore Holman

Mother:

May Carlia Anna (Nilson) Holman

Spouse:

Karla Calais

child:

Nils Teodore Holman