Alwin Max Pappenheimer Jr.
Alwin Max Pappenheimer Jr. (November 25, 1908 – March 21, 1995) was an American biochemist and
immunologist.[1][2][3]
Pappenheimer was noted for his advances in the field of bacterial toxins and in particular for isolation and
analysis of the diphtheria toxin for which he received Eli Lilly Award in 1941.[1][3] He performed
ultracentrifugation-based analysis of diphtheria toxin-antitoxin interactions with Mary Locke Petermann
and John Warren Williams at the University of Wisconsin.[4]
Pappenheimer was professor of biology at Harvard University,[1][3] professor of bacteriology and
immunology at New York University,[1] master of Dunster House,[3] a member of the National Academy
of Sciences,[2] a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[2] president of the American
Association of Immunologists.[2] He received the 1941 Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award
and the 1990 Paul Ehrlich Prize and Gold Medal.[2]
Life and career
Pappenheimer was born in Cedarhurst, New York. He was the eldest son of Dr. Alwin Max
Pappenheimer, a distinguished pathologist on the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
Columbia University.[5] His brother John Pappenheimer later became a professor of physiology at
Harvard University, and his sister Anne Pappenheimer Forbes became an endocrinologist and clinical
professor at Harvard Medical School.
Pappenheimer Jr. received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University in 1932.[2] He joined
Harvard in 1958 as chairman of the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences.
References
1. New York Times:Alwin M. Pappenheimer Jr., 86; Shed Light on Bacterial Toxins;By
WOLFGANG SAXON;Published: March 24, 1995 ([Link]
uaries/[Link])
2. Biographical Memoirs V.77 (1999); National Academy of Sciences (NAS)ALWIN MAX
PAPPENHEIMER JR.; BY H. SHERWOOD LAWRENCE ([Link]
p?record_id=9681&page=265)
3. The Boston Globe; March 24, 1995; Alwin Pappenheimer Harvard biology professor; at 86
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4. Pappenheimer, A. M. (2008-12-31). "The story of a toxic protein, 1888-1992" ([Link]
[Link]/pmc/articles/PMC2142337). Protein Science. 2 (2): 292–298.
doi:10.1002/pro.5560020218 ([Link] ISSN 0961-
8368 ([Link] PMC 2142337 ([Link]
gov/pmc/articles/PMC2142337). PMID 8443606 ([Link]
5. New York Times:A. PAPPMHEIMER OF COLUMBIA, 76; Retired Pathology Professor Who
Won Many. Honors for Work Dies in Bay State;February 22, 1955 ([Link]
m/gst/[Link]?res=FB0815F93F5B157A93C0AB1789D85F418585F9&scp=2&sq=%2
2Alwin%20Max%20Pappenheimer%22&st=cse)
External links
H. Sherwood Lawrence, "Alwin Max Pappenheimer, Jr.", Biographical Memoirs of the
National Academy of Sciences (1999) ([Link]
emoirs/memoir-pdfs/[Link])
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