Broda Otto Barnes, M.D., Ph.D. (1904-1988) studied chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Chicago, where he eventually completed a Ph.D. on the thyroid gland. He then taught physiology at the University of Chicago and later became a professor of medicine at the University of Illinois. In 1984, Barnes and his wife founded the Broda O. Barnes, M.D. Research Foundation, Inc.
From the guide to the Barnes, Broda Otto Papers, 1922-1950, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)