Richard Allen Day

Background

Day, Richard Allen was born on April 4, 1931 in Kellogg, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence Hodson and Della (Mendenhall) Day.

Education

Student, William Penn College, 1949-1950; Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1953; Phd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1957-1959; assistant professor of chemistry, U. Cincinnati, 1959-1963; associate professor of chemistry, U. Cincinnati, 1963-1968; professor of chemistry, U. Cincinnati, since 1968; professor biological chemistry College of Medicine, U. Cincinnati, since 1972. Faculty representative to U. Cincinnati Board Trustees, 1990-1993. Executive Committee Ohio ValleyChromatography Symposium.

Board directors DataChem, Inc., Indianapolis, BioCin Inc., Cincinnati.

Achievements

• Richard Allen Day has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Recipient numerous grants. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Cincinnati section 1982-1983), American Society Mass Spectrometry, American Society Microbiology, American Society Bio-chemical & Molecular Biology, Protein Society.

Connections

Married Lyn Tibbits, August 19, 1956. Children: Eric, Sylvia.

Father:

Clarence Hodson Day

Mother:

Della (Mendenhall) Day

Spouse:

Lyn Tibbits

child:

Sylvia Day

child:

Eric Day