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Archival as AuthorPublished as SubjectJohn D. Ferry
Dates
May 4, 1912 – October 18, 2002
Authorized Form of Name
Ferry, John D., 1912-2002
Additional Forms of Names
Ferry, John Douglass
Biography
Abstract
Dr. Ferry’s research focused primarily on the rheology of polymers and how the modes of molecular motion related to the mechanical and physical properties of the polymers. The understanding of these mechanisms led to the understanding of the clotting of blood and the gelation of gelatin, as well as the production of fibrinogen plastic and fibrin products which are important to surgery.
Important Dates
May 4, 1912Born, Yukon.
1932Obtained BA, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1932 – 1933Researcher, National Institute for Medical Research.
1935Obtained PhD, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1936Part-time instructor and tutor of biochemical science, Harvard University.
1938 – 1941Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University.
1946Awarded the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society.
1946 – 1982Faculty of Department of Chemistry (1946-1947); Professor of Chemistry (1947-1959); Chair, Department of Chemistry (1956-1967); and Farrington Daniels Research Professor (1973), University of Wisconsin, Madison (Wis.).
1955Chairman, Divison of High Polymer Physics, American Physical Society.
1958 – 1962Chairman, Committee on Macromolecular Chemistry, National Research Council.
1959Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1959National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Brussels.
1960Awarded the Kendall Compnay Award in Colloid Chemistry, American Chemical Society.
1961 – 1963President, Society of Rheology.
1965 – 1967University Committee, University of Wisconsin.
1968Honorary President, 5th International Congress on Rheology.
October 18, 2002Death.
Occupation
Chemist and biochemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Mott, Barbara Norton
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Granick, Steve
Advised by Ferry at University of Wisconsin.
Oncley, J. L. (John Lawrence)
Research advisor at Harvard Medical School.
Parks, George Sutton, 1894-1966
PhD advisor at Stanford University.
Schrag, John Lindblad, 1937-
Post doctorally advised by Ferry at University of Wisconsin.
Advised by Ferry, University of Wisconsin.
Spence, David, 1881-1957
Research advisor at Hopkins Marine Station.
Tinoco, Ignacio
Advised by Ferry at University of Wisconsin.
Additional
Cohn, Edwin J., 1921-
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University
Part-time instructor and tutor of biochemical science.
Harvard University. Society of Fellows
Junior Fellow.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow.
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University Committee member.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Chemistry
Faculty; Professor of Chemistry; Department Chair; and Farrington Daniels Research Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Chemical Society
Awarded the 1946 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and the 1960 Kendall Company Award in Colloid Chemistry.
Chairman, Division of High Polymer Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Institute for Medical Research (Great Britain)
National Research Council (U.S.)
Chairman, Committee on Macromolecular Chemistry.
President; recipient of the 1952 Bingham Medal; and honorary President, 5th International Congress on Rheology.
Stanford University
Received BA (1932) and PhD (1935).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
John D. Ferry general files, 1947-1988.
Madison University Archives
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Oral history interview with John D. Ferry, 1985 October 25, 29, 30, 31 and November 1.
Madison University Archives
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Biographical memoir of the National Academy of Sciences - John D. Ferry