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Calvin Lee Stevens (November 3, 1923 – November 26, 2014) was an American chemist. He was a professor of Organic Chemistry at Wayne State University, and is known for being the first to synthesize the drug ketamine.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Early life and education


  • 2 Career


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Early life and education


Stevens was born in Edwardsville, Illinois to Arthur Allen Stevens and Irma E. Ambuehl.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Science at the University of Illinois, and in 1947 a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in the field of substituted ketene acetals and related orthoesters.[3]



Career


Stevens received Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the staff of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 1948 and became a full professor of Chemistry there in 1954.[4] He subsequently served as Chairman of the Chemistry Department,[5][6] Vice President for Research, and Interim Provost to the University.


In 1958 he was a member of the Cancer Chemotherapy National Service organization.[7]


Stevens received a Guggenheim Fellowship at the Sorbonne in 1955. He served as a Scientific Officer for the U.S. Embassy in London in 1959.


In 1962, while a consultant at the Parke-Davis Laboratories, he synthesized the drug ketamine,[8][9] which is commonly used as a general anesthetic.


Stevens received two Fulbright Fellowships in 1964 and 1971. He was a tenured Professor Associe at the University of Paris VI. In 1982 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Nancy.[citation needed]


Stevens died in November 26, 2014, at the age of 91.



References




  1. ^ Dr. Stephen J. Hyde (4 September 2015). Ketamine for Depression. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-5035-0953-5..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    [self-published source]


  2. ^ Lebensdaten nach American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004,


  3. ^ Directory of Graduate Research. American Chemical Society. 1963. p. 389.


  4. ^ Evelyn Aschenbrenner (9 April 2009). A History of Wayne State University in Photographs. Wayne State University Press. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-0-8143-3567-3.


  5. ^ "The Rewards Of Intellectual Bigamy" .The Scientist. Virginia Morell | January 23, 1989.


  6. ^ "Arveson, Thomas Nominated". Chemical & Engineering News. American Chemical Society. 40 (39): 90–92. 1962. doi:10.1021/cen-v040n039.p090.


  7. ^ "Scientis Confident Cure will be Found". Spokane Daily Chronicle - Dec 17, 1958 page 3


  8. ^ Domino, EF (September 2010). "Taming the ketamine tiger". Anesthesiology. 113 (3): 678–84. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181ed09a2. PMID 20693870.


  9. ^ David E. Newton (2007). Chemistry of Drugs. Infobase Publishing. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-1-4381-0971-8.



  • Norman L. Allinger, Don C. de Jongh, Carl R. Johnson, Norman A. Lebel, Michael P. Cava: Organische Chemie, 1. Auflage, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1980,
    ISBN 3-11-004594-X.


External links


  • Google Scholar report

  • Chemistry Tree


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