Name Alwin Pappenheimer, | ||
Died March 21, 1995, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada, Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize | ||
Education Harvard University (1932) | ||
Alwin Max Pappenheimer, Jr. (November 25, 1908 – March 21, 1995) was an American a biochemist and immunologist.
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.
Pappenheimer was professor of biology at Harvard University, professor of bacteriology and immunology at New York University, master of Dunster House, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the American Association of Immunologists. He received the Eli Lilly Award and the Paul Ehrlich Prize and Gold Medal.
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. His brother John Pappenheimer later became a professor of Physiology at Harvard University. Pappenheimer Jr. received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University in 1932. He joined Harvard University in 1958 as chairman of the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences.