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Paul D. Boyer

Paul D. BoyerAKA Paul Delos Boyer

Born: 31-Jul-1918
Birthplace: Provo, UT

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: ATP process

Military service: US National Guard; US Navy (end of WWII, Navy Medical Research Institute)

Father: Dell Delos Boyer (b. 1879, d. prostate cancer)
Mother: Grace Guymon (d. 1933)
Brother: Roy (d. prostate cancer)
Wife: Lyda Whicker (m. 31-Aug-1939, one son, two daughters)
Daughter: Gail (b. 31-Jul-1943)
Daughter: Hali

    High School: Provo High School, Provo, UT
    University: BS, Brigham Young University (1939)
    University: PhD Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin (1943)
    Professor: University of Minnesota
    Professor: University of California at Los Angeles (1963-89)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1997 (with John E. Walker and Jens C. Skou)
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1955
    American Chemical Society
    National Academy of Sciences
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Society of Biological Chemists President (1969-70)
    Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors


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