Background
HOLMAN, Ralph was born on March 4, 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Alfred Theodore Holman and May Carlia Anna Nilson.
nutritionist biochemistry professor
HOLMAN, Ralph was born on March 4, 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Alfred Theodore Holman and May Carlia Anna Nilson.
Associate of Arts, Bethel Junior College, 1937. Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1939. Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1941.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1944.
Instructor, division of biochemistry University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1944-1946. National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences fellow Medical Nobel Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1946-1947. American Scandinavian Foundation fellow University Uppsala, Sweden, 1947.
Associate professor biochemistry and nutrition Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1948-1951. Associate professor biochemistry Hormel Institute, University Minnesota, Austin, 1951-1956, professor, 1956-1988, executive director, 1975-1985, emeritus professor, 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 advisory board Deul.
Conference on Lipids, 1960-1986. Sinclair Memorial lecturer Third International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids and Eicasanoids, Adelaide, 1992.
Founding editor Progress in Lipid Research, since 1951. Editor Lipids, 1974-1985. Member editorial board Journal Nutrition, 1962-1966.
Contributor 400 publications on nutritional biochemistry of lipids. Initiated omega 3 and omega 6 nomenclature for essential fatty acids, 1963. Current research on essentiality of omega 3 fatty acids.
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).
Married Karla Calais, March 26, 1943. 1 child Nils Teodore.