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Websites documenting the life and career of Carl Djerassi. University research scientist and industrialist, Djerassi is most famous for synthesizing the first oral contraceptive. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1923, he emigrated to the United States in 1939. He received his B.A. in 1942 from Kenyon College and worked briefly with the Ciba Phamaceutical Company before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught at Wayne State University in Detroit and worked at the pharmaceutical company Syntex in Mexico before joining the Stanford faculty as Professor of Chemistry in 1959. He is the author of over 1100 articles, seven books on scientific subjects, and several novels; his awards include the National Medal of Science, the Priestly Medal, the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and the National Medal of Technology.
Subject: Science & Health, Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture, Chemistry, Literature, Social Policy , Birth Control
Publisher: Djerassi, Carl
Format: Text
Date: 2015
Language: English
Identifier: SC0348
Collector: Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
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