Paul D. Boyer American Scientist Quotations

In 1956 I accepted a Hill Foundation Professorship and moved to the medical school campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Minnesota has generally competent and honest public officials, good support of the schools and cultural amenities, and an excellent state university.

A different type of education came when as a member of a medical corps in the National Guard I spent several weeks in a military camp in California.

The information exchanged and gained at scientific conferences and visits has been tremendously important for progress in my laboratory.

This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin to heat denaturation, and would even reverse the denaturation by heat or concentrated urea solutions.

The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote.

Fortunately, the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison was outstanding and far ahead of most others in the country.

I recall mother's tolerance when she allowed me, at an early age, to take off the hinges and doors of cupboards if I would put them back on.