2 Quotes & Sayings By Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir Luis Federico Leloir is a Mexican-born biochemist who in the last decade of the 20th century, with his research group at the University of Puerto Rico, revolutionized our understanding of the biology of cholesterol synthesis. He was born in Mexico City in 1930 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 1961. He has published over 150 scientific papers in the field of biochemistry, which have been cited more than 2,000 times
His research has been recognized with many awards, including the National Medal of Science (1981), the Wolf Prize (1985), The Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize (1986), and The Paul Karrer Prize (1990). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr.
Leloir was elected president of The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics in 1988 and president-elect in 1989. In 1991 he became chairman and chief executive officer of Chiron Corporation, a world leader in vaccine development and production that was recently acquired by Merck & Co., Inc., and he is also co-chairman of Merck's Vaccine Advisory Board. Dr.
Leloir has served as president-elect of The Endocrine Society and chairman for many other societies including The International Union Against Cancer, The American Physiological Society, The American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Heart Association, and other organizations such as Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa.