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Dr. Raymond U. Lemieux was born on June 16, 1920 in Lac La Biche , Alberta, Canada. His family moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1926. He studied chemistry at the University of Alberta and received a BSc with Honours in Chemistry in 1943. He went on to study at McGill University, where he received his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1946. He won a post-doctoral scholarship at Ohio State University, where Bristol Laboratories Inc. sponsored his research on the structure of streptomycinStreptomycin was the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. It is derived from the actinobacterium Streptomyces griseus''. It was first isolated on October 19 1943 by Albert. He met his future wife, a doctoral student, at Ohio State and they were married in 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital.
In following years, he returned to Canada where he spent two years as an assistant professor at the University of SaskatchewanThe University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is the largest education institution in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the city of Saskatoon. History Beginnings The University was created on April 3, 1907 by a provincial statute known as. Next he served as Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council's Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon. In 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl he and a fellow researcher, George Huber, were the first scientists to successfully synthesize sucrose. In 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati, he accepted the position of Dean in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where he established their Department of Chemistry. In 1961 he returned to the University of Alberta as a professor in the Chemistry Department and to serve as the Chairman of the Organic Chemistry Division. He developed a method to make synthetic versions of oligosaccharides , which led to improved treatments for leukemia and hemophilia and the development of new antibiotics, blood reagents , and organ anti-rejection drugs .
While at the University of Alberta, he established a number of biochemical companies, including R&L Molecular Research Ltd.in 1962, Raylo Chemicals Ltd.in 1966 (which purchased R&L) and Chembiomed in 1977 (which has since been taken over by Synsorb Biotech of Calgary, Alberta.
Dr. Raymond Lemieux died of cancer on July 22, 1980.
In 1999, the University of Alberta Faculty of Science and Strathcona County established the Strathcona Country/R.U. Lemieux Chair in Carbohydrate Chemistry. In 2001, the University of Alberta renamed the building(s) housing the Department of Chemistry the Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre.