Background
Ames, Stanley Richard was born on December 18, 1918 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Walter Ray and Mary Ellen (Fruit) Ames.
Ames, Stanley Richard was born on December 18, 1918 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Walter Ray and Mary Ellen (Fruit) Ames.
Bachelor, University Montana, 1940. Master of Arts in Chemistry, Columbia University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Columbia University, 1944.
Postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1943-1946; from senior research chemist to director biochemistry research laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1946-1970; from biochemistry research laboratory supervisor to research fellow, Tennessee Eastman Research Laboratory, Rochester, 1970-1982; consultant, Nutritional Biochemistry, Rochester, since 1982.
Leader and administrator Boy Scouts American, Rochester, 1950-1964. Board trustees McLaughlin Research Institute Biomedical Research, since 1998. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Nutrition (chairman nomenclature committee 1964-1971, nominating committee member 1971).
Member American Chemical Society (Rochester section editor 1956-1957, editorial advisor 1958-1959, manager 1959-1960, vice chairman 1961, chairman 1962, councilor, 1965-1968), American Society Biological Chemists, Association Official Analytical Chemists (associate referee 1972-1982), International Union Nutritional Sciences (acting chairman nomenclature committee 1969, 75, chairman 1976-1986), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (interdiv. committee Nomenclature and symbols 1976-1984), Animal Nutrition Research Council (chairman technical projects committee 1958-1960, vice-chairman 1959-1960, chairman 1960-1961), Rochester Academy of Sciences, Nutrition Society Grt. Britain, Phi Mu Epsilon, Phi Sigma, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Edwina Gray Powers, August 19, 1943. Children: Edwina Marie, Stanley Richard Junior, Suzanne Claire, Judith Annual.