Richard Lyle Schowen

Background

Schowen, Richard Lyle was born on August 29, 1934 in Nitro, West Virginia, United States. Son of J. Lyle and Margaret Marie Frances (Stamm) Schowen.

Education

Student, Morris Harvey College, 1951-1953;

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1958;

Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962;

honorary doctorate, Martin Luther U. Halle-Wittenberg, German Democratic Republic, 1988.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1963;

member of faculty, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1963;

professor of chemistry, U. Kansas, 1971-1977;

Solon E. Summerfield distinguished professor of chemistry, U. Kansas, 1977-1986;

professor of chemistry and biochemistry, U. Kansas, since 1986. Visiting lecturer Kyoto (Japan) U., 1969. Foreign lecturer Tokyo U., 1969.

Visiting professor Indiana U., 1976. University distinguished visiting professor California State University, Long Beach, 1978. Science visitor U. Costa Rica, 1977, U. Sheffield (United Kingdom), 1978, U. Freiburg, 1982.

Consultant National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, publishers and pharmaceutical firms.

Works

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• book

  • Thiamin Pyrophosphate Biochemistry

Membership

Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, Federation American Scientists, Society Neuroscis., American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi, Chi Beta Phi.

Connections

Married Katharine Barbara Jetter, August 10, 1963. Children— Susana Katharine, Sarah Veronica.

Father:

J. Lyle Schowen

Mother:

Margaret Marie Frances (Stamm) Schowen

Spouse:

Katharine Barbara Jetter