Henry Rapoport
Chemist, Award Winner
1918 – 2002
Who was Henry Rapoport?
Henry Rapoport was an internationally renowned organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is widely recognized for his work in the development of the chemical synthesis of biologically important compounds and pharmaceuticals.
Henry Rapoport obtained a B.S. in chemistry in 1940, an M.S. in chemistry in 1941, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1943, each from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then worked at Heyden Chemical Corporation and the National Institutes of Health for several years. In 1946, he became a professor at UC Berkeley where he remained for the rest of his career. In 1989, he retired but continued his research as professor emeritus until his death from pneumonia in 2002.
He was particularly noted for the total synthesis of heterocyclic drugs and natural products, including porphyrins, camptothecin, saxitoxin, psoralens, antibiotics, antitumor compounds, and opium alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and hydromorphone. His research led to the publication over 400 papers and 33 patents. His discoveries were the scientific foundation for numerous companies that Rapoport helped to start including HRI Research, HRI Associates, Advanced Genetics Research Institute, Cerus Corporation, ChemQuip, and Oncologic.
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1918
Brooklyn - Spouses
- Sonya Rapoport
(1944 - 2002/03/06)
- Sonya Rapoport
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Organic chemistry
( - 1943)
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Berkeley
( - 2002/03/06)
- Berkeley
- Died
- Mar 6, 2002
Oakland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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