Fruton, Joseph S. (Joseph Stewart), 1912-2007

Joseph Stewart Fruton was born in 1912. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1931 and also earned his Ph.D. in 1934. Fruton served on the staff of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research for ten years, before coming to Yale University in 1945. In 1950 Fruton was promoted to the rank of full professor and in 1957 was named the Eugene S. Higgins Professor of Biochemistry. He was named professor emeritus in 1982. Fruton died on July 29, 2007, in New Haven, Connecticut.

From the description of Joseph Stewart Fruton papers, 1900-2007 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169515

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