William Austin Pryor

Background

Pryor, William Austin was born on March 10, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of Saul Arnold and Adeline (Franzel) Pryor.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1948. Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1954.

Career

Chemist, California Research Corporation, Richmond, 1954-1960; lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, 1956-1960; assistant professor, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1960-1963; associate professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1963-1967; professor, Louisiana State University, 1967-1972; Thomas and David Boyd professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Louisiana State University, since 1972; member departments chemistry and biochemistry, Institute Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans member, Pennington biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge director Biodynamics Institute, Louisiana State University, since 1985. Visiting professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1968, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970, University of California, Berkeley, 1971, Duke U., 1978, University of California, Davis, 1978, University of California, San Deigo, 1978, University of California, Davis, 1994, Harvard University, 1995, Tufts U., 1995. Consultant to chemical company, since 1963.

Achievements

• William Austin Pryor has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Vitamin E & Carotenoid Abstracts 1995

    (1997 softcover edition)

  • Vitamin E: Biochemistry and Health Implications (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 570)

    (NYAS Annal volume 570. Proceedings from a conference on D...)

  • Frontiers of Free Radical Chemistry

Membership

Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (Southwest section award 1975, Petroleum Chemistry award 1980, Southern Chemist award 1983, Charles E. Coates award 1989, Science in Public Interest award 2000), Chemical Society London (VERIS award for nutrition research), Faraday Society, Gerontological Society, Radiation Research Society, American Aging Association, Pan-American Medical Association (honorary life), Society for Free Radical Research (founder, international council), Oxygen Society (founder, president 1997-1999).

Connections

Father:

Saul Arnold Pryor

Mother:

Adeline (Franzel) Pryor