DeWitt Stetten Jr.

American biochemist

Dewitt Stetten Jr. (May 31, 1909 – August 28, 1990) was an American biochemist.^[1]^[2]^[3] Stetten was dean of the medical school of Rutgers University,^[1]^[2] president of the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences,^[1] and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.^[3] A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.^[4] He was married to fellow biochemist Marjorie Roloff Stetten.^[5]

Chronology

May 31, 1909 was born in New York City
1930 A.B., Harvard College^[3]
1934 M.D., Columbia University^[3]
1940 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Columbia University^[3]
1962 appointed Dean of Medical School, Rutgers University^[2]
1974 elected to the National Academy of Sciences^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "DeWitt Stetten Is Dead at 81; Top Biochemist - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1990-08-31. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c [ Displaying Abstract ]. "RUTGERS APPOINTS DEAN OF MEDICINE - Dr. DeWitt Stetten to Head School Opening in '65 - Article - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dewitt Stetten, Jr., May 31, 1909–August 28, 1990 | By J. Edwin Seegmiller | Biographical Memoirs". Nap.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
^ "DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Papers 1936-1990". National Library of Medicine.
^ "Dr. Marjorie Stetten's Death Saddens NIH Community" (PDF). NIH Record. June 7, 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-12-20. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.