Background
Moore, Stanford was born on September 4, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Howard and Ruth (Fowler) M. Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1935.
biochemist chemist university professor
Moore, Stanford was born on September 4, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Howard and Ruth (Fowler) M. Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1935.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1938, Doctor of Science, 1974. M.D. (honorary), University Brussels, 1954. Doctor honoris causa, U. Paris, 1964.
University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation fellow, 1935-1939. Assistant Rockefeller Institute Medical.
He earned his doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1938. Moore then joined the staff of the Rockefeller Institute, later Rockefeller University, where he spent his entire professional career, with the exception of a period of government service during World War II. He became Professor of Biochemistry in 1952. In 1958 he and William H. Stein developed the first automated amino acid analyzer, which facilitated the determination of protein sequences.
In 1959 Moore and Stein announced the first determination of the complete amino acid sequence of an enzyme, ribonuclease, work which was cited in the Nobel award.
Member American Chemical Society (co-recipient chromatography award 1963, Richards medal 1972), American Society Biological Chemists (president 1966-1967), British, Belgian biochemistry societies, Harvey Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Belgian Royal Academy Medicine (honorary), Federation American Socs. Experimental Biology (president 1970-1971), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.