John Buchanan (biologist)

Who is this?

John Machlin Buchanan (September 29, 1917 – June 25, 2007) was an American professor of biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He arrived at MIT in 1953 and retired in 1988 after a distinguished career in which he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He played a key role in the development of MIT's Department of Biology as a major force in biochemistry research and was himself a prominent researcher of purine biosynthesis. He died in 2007 at age 89.

Career

1. 1917
   Born
2. 2007
   Passed away
3. Member of National Academy of Sciences
4. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
5. Won Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
6. Won Guggenheim Fellowship

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Winamac
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: biologist, chemist, biochemist