Harland G. Wood

Harland G. Wood
Born
Harland Goff Wood

(1907-09-02)September 2, 1907
DiedSeptember 12, 1991(1991-09-12) (aged 84)
Cleveland, Ohio
EducationMacalester College, Iowa State University
Known forFixation of CO2 by animals and bacteria
SpouseMildred Davis
ChildrenTwo daughters
AwardsNational Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award, Rosenstiel Award, National Medal of Science
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsIowa State University, University of Minnesota, Western Reserve University (later Case Western Reserve University)

Harland Goff Wood (September 2, 1907 – September 12, 1991) was an American biochemist notable for proving in 1935 that animals, humans and bacteria fixed carbon from carbon dioxide in the metabolic pathway to succinate. (Previously CO2 fixation had been thought to occur only in plants and a few unusual autotrophic bacteria.)

Awards and honours

Wood was a recipient of the National Medal of Science. He was on the President's Science Advisory Committee under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Biochemical Society of Japan. He was also first director of the department of biochemistry at the School of Medicine and dean of sciences, Case Western Reserve University.

Chronology


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