Papers of Morris Friedkin, American biochemist, professor and university administrator. His research interests included folic acid metabolism, cancer chemotherapy, enzymology, DNA synthesis, biochemical dynamics of the cell cycle, pharmacology, and positron emission tomography. Friedkin received his Ph.D. in 1948 from the University of Chicago working under the famous biochemist, Albert Lehninger. Throughout his career, he directed his wide range of research interests and experience primarily toward the development of cancer chemotherapies for leukemia. Friedkin worked at the Washington University School of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. At Tufts, he served as chair of the Department of Biochemistry (1957-1969). At the University of California, San Diego, he served as provost of Revelle College (1974-1976). Materials include laboratory notebooks, loose notes, data, chemical and research product subject files; reprints and typescripts of published and unpublished writings by Friedkin; documents related to grants and fellowships; annotated writings by others; and correspondence. Also included are course materials and notes from Friedkin's time as student at Iowa State College and at University of Chicago; and teaching materials and administrative materials from his time as a faculty member and/or administrator at Washington University, Tufts University, and the University of California, San Diego. The papers are arranged in ten series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) EDUCATION MATERIALS, 4) GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS, 5) RESEARCH MATERIALS, 6) TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS, 7) WRITINGS BY FRIEDKIN, 8) WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 9) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, and 10) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Morris E. Friedkin was born on December 30, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri. Upon finishing high school in 1936, he entered Kansas City Junior College and received an A.A. in chemistry in 1938. Friedkin continued his education at Iowa State College receiving a B.S. in chemistry in 1940 and an M.S. in analytical chemistry in 1941. After completing his master's degree, he enrolled in the doctorate program in biochemistry at the University of Chicago where he was one of the first graduate students of the renowned biochemist, Albert Lehninger. In 1948, Morris Friedkin completed his Ph.D. with the submission of his dissertation entitled "Studies on Aerobic Phosophorylation." After receiving his doctorate, he continued his studies for one year as a postdoctoral fellow of the National Institutes of Health at the University of Copenhagen.

12.30 linear feet (26 archives boxes and 16 oversize folders)

In accordance with state and federal law, materials in Box 3, Folder 18 and Box 24, Folder 12 are restricted until 2067.