Elkan R. Blout | |
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Born | |
Died | December 20, 2006 | (aged 87)
Education | Princeton University (BA), Columbia University (PhD) |
Known for | Studies of protein conformation |
Awards | National Medal of Science |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Polaroid Corporation, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University |
Thesis | Studies on lactones related to the cardiac aglycones |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Elderfield |
Other academic advisors | Louis Fieser Robert Burns Woodward |
Doctoral students | John Markley Lila Gierasch Gideon Dreyfuss |
Elkan Rogers Blout (July 2, 1919 – December 20, 2006)[2] was a biochemist at Polaroid Corporation, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University.[3][4]
Blout received his BA in chemistry in 1939 from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in 1942 from Columbia University.[5]
Blout was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1969.[3] In 1990, he was awarded the National Medal of Science “for his pioneering studies of protein conformation and devotion to the scientific enterprise of the Nation.”[6]
Blout died in December 2006, in Boston.[2][7]