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SCRIPPS CLINIC CHEUISTRY DEPARTIIiENTGROWS
ITITE RECRUITUENT OF ANOTHER PROITIINENTCHEUIST
LA JOLLA, CA JuIy
Department of Scripps
the recruitment
dn area of
bionedical-
f ields.
A chemistry
marks
research
Scripps
occupy the Richard
Scripps Clinic
at
the
relevant
in
Spring,
Cramer Chair
second major
faculty
f rom I'tassachusetts Institute
and
West Lafayette,
where he will
in Chemistry.
announced by
the
the past week, bringing
members to five.
of
in heterocyclic
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appointment
Chemistry Department within
department announced the recruitment
next
new Chemistry
to the pharmaceuticaL
Purdue University,
Clinic
and Alice
the number of senior
JoIla
growing
and Research Foundation bas announced
Clinic
professor
Boger joins
This
The
1990
of Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.r dD expert
chemistryr
Ind.,
18,
l{ost recently,
of K. Barry Sharpless,
Technology,
who will
the
Ph.D.,
move to
La
spring.
"We're pJ-easedto welcome DaIe Boger to our department,n said
K.C. Nicolaou,
Ph.D.,
chairman of the Chemistry Department.
emerging as one of the world leaders
IIIORE
in heterocyclic
nHe is
chemistry
and
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is
DALE BOGER, PH.D.
clearly
very
that
promises to
make him one of
and bioorganic
chemists in
the country. n
has been the
development
on a trajectory
best organic
Anong Bogerrs
major
processes
chemical
and
work
the
synthesis
of
important
of
the
new
anLicancer
agent s .
He has been at
also
where he
Purdue University
serves
on
University
Cancer Center.
University
of Kansas at
professor,
then associate
the
for
executive
For
six
past
the
committee
years
prior,
of
the
Purdue
he was at
Lawrence where he was first
professor
years,
five
of medicinal
the
an assistant
chemistry
in
the
School of Pharmacy.
Boger
University
holds
a
Ph.D.
in
organic
chemistry
from
Harvard
and a B.Sc. with honors in chemistry from the University
of Kansas.
A member of
Science,
the
Academy of
Society
the American Association
American
Sciences,
Institute
he is
and the American Association
several
awards
and
Foundation Predoctoral
Research
Career
the Advancement of
and
Chemists
aLso a member of
Boger has served on national
of
of
for
for
the
New York
the American Cancer
Cancer Research.
committees and been the recipient
honors,
Fellowship,
including
a
a National
Institutes
Development Awardr
En AIfred
National
P.
Science
of Health
Sloan
Research
Fellow
designation,
Searle
Schol-ar Award, and an American Cyanamid Academic Award.
an A.C.
Cope SchoLar Award Recipient,
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