Tomi Kim Sawyer

Background

Sawyer, Tomi Kim was born on July 19, 1954 in Greenbush, Minnesota, United States. Son of Robert George and Geraldine Delores (Johnson) Sawyer.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, Moorhead State University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, U. Arizona, 1981.

Career

Research assistant, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1977-1981; scientist, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1981-1983; research scientist, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1983-1987; senior research scientist, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1987-1991; section director, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991-1993; associate research fellow, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1993. Adjunct associate professor medicinal chemistry University of Michigan, since 1991.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of superpotent peptide hormones. Discovery of potent inhibitors of peptidases. Discovery of potent inhibitors of signal transduction proteins, including ras farnesyl protein transferase, tyosine phosphatases, src homology-2 proteins.

Membership

Member American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists (Executive Committee since 1995), American Chemical Society (chair Kalamazoo section 1986-1989), American Peptide Society (councilor 1995), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Connections

Married Constance GayGifford, August 9, 1986. Children: Thomas Kristopher, Jonathon Randall.

Father:

Robert George Sawyer

Mother:

Geraldine Delores (Johnson) Sawyer

Spouse:

Constance GayGifford

child:

Jonathon Randall Sawyer

child:

Thomas Kristopher Sawyer