Paul D. Boyer

Scientist

1918-07-31

Quotes by Paul D. Boyer

• This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin to heat denaturation, and would even reverse the denaturation by heat or concentrated urea solutions.

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• The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department.

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• Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

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• The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal.

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• The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment.

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• In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department.

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• Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures.

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