Nationality United States Education University of Warwick Spouse Milla Jovovich (m. 2009) | Role Film director Name Paul Anderson Books Resident Evil, Apocalypse | |
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Born February 3, 1938
Concord, Vermont ( 1938-02-03 ) Notable awards Perkin Medal (2002), Priestley Medal (2006) Children Ever Gabo Anderson, Dashiel Edan Anderson Movies Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Retribution, Pompeii, Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Three Musketeers Similar People Milla Jovovich, Ever Gabo Anderson, Luc Besson, Shawn Andrews, Sienna Guillory | ||
Paul S. Anderson (born February 3, 1938) is an American chemist. He worked at Merck, DuPont-Merck, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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Early life and education
Paul S. Anderson was born February 3, 1938 in Concord, Vermont, and grew up in Swanton, Vermont. He attended Highgate High School, then went on to attend the University of Vermont, receiving his B.S. in chemistry in 1959. He then studied at the University of New Hampshire, receiving his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1963. He briefly accepted a post-doctoral fellowship with Jerrold Meinwald at Cornell University.
Career
Anderson accepted a senior research position at the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories.
Awards
In 1995 he received the E. B. Hershberg Award from the American Chemical Society for his work on medicinally-active substances. Other significant awards include the Perkin Medal in 2002, the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society in 2003 and the Priestley Medal in 2006.
He was the 1997 President of the American Chemical Society.