Thomas Hughes Jukes

Background

Jukes, Thomas Hughes was born on August 25, 1906 in Hastings, England. Son of Edward Hughes and Ann Mary (Barton) Jukes. came to the United States, 1925, naturalized, 1939.

Education

Bachelor of Agricultural Science, U. Toronto, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1933; National Research Council fellow medical science, University of California at Berkeley, 1933-1934; Doctor of Science (honoris causa), U. Guelph, 1972.

Career

Instructor, assistant professor, University of California at Davis, 1934-1942; with pharmaceutical division, Lederle laboratories, 1942-1945; director nutrition and physiology research section research division, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York, 1945-1958; director research agricultural division, American Cyanamid Company, 1958-1959; director biochemistry, American Cyanamid Company, 1960-1962; visiting senior research fellow in biochemistry, Princeton, 1962-1963; professor department biophysics and medical physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1991; professor department integrative biology, University of California, Berkeley, since 1991; professor emeritus nutritional science, University of California, Berkeley, since 1974; research biochemist Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, since 1963; associate director, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1970. Consultant Chemical Warfare Service, Army of the United States, 1944-1945, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969-1970. Guest lecturer various universities.

Storer lecturer University of California at Davis, 1973. Fred W. Tanner lecturer Institute Food Technologists, 1979. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1985.

Plenary lecturer Japanese Molecular Biology and Genetics Socs., Nagoya, 1986. Consultant California Cancer Advisory Council, since 1981. Invited speaker International Symposium on Evolution of Life, Kyoto, Japan, 1990.

Achievements

• Thomas Hughes Jukes has been listed as a noteworthy Biological chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Jukes: Molecules & Evolution (Paper)

    (1968 2ND PRINT PAPERBACK)

  • Molecules and Evolution
  • Antibiotics in Nutrition

Membership

Fellow American Society Animal Science, Poultry Science Association, American Institute Nutrition (county 1941-1945, public affairs officer 1978-1981, Chairman of Commission on history 1979-1983), California Academy Sciences. Member International Council Science Unions (chairman biology working group COSPAR 1978-1980, chairman interdisciplinary science commission F 1980-1984), Human Genome Organisation, American Society Biological Chemists, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Trustees for Conservation (San Francisco) (president 1970-1971), American Alpine Club (Golden, Colorado), Explorers Club(New York City), Chit Chat Club (San Francisco), Sierra Club (San Francisco), Faculty Club (Berkeley, California), Sigma Xi, Delta Tau Delta.

Connections

Married Marguerite Esposito, July 2, 1942. Children: Kenneth Hughes (deceased 1995), Caroline Elizabeth (Mistress Nicholas Knueppel), Dorothy Mavis (Mistress Robert Hudson).

Father:

Edward Hughes Jukes

Mother:

Ann Mary (Barton) Jukes

Spouse:

Marguerite Esposito

child:

Dorothy Mavis Jukes (Mistress Robert Hudson)

child:

Kenneth Hughes Jukes (deceased 1995)

child:

Caroline Elizabeth Jukes (Mistress Nicholas Knueppel)