Melvin+Calvin

 __**//MELVIN CALVIN//     **//**American Biochemist** // __



Melvin Calvin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 8, 1911, his father was a Lithuanian immigrant and his mother was from Russian Georgia. His parents owned a small grocery store in Detroit, where Melvin helped work at while going to Central High School. In the store, Melvin was curious about what the make up was made out of, this was when he recognized how important chemistry was.
 * __Personal History__ **

Calvin received a B.S. degree in Chemistry at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1931. He had obtained the Ph.D degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1935. He also spent his academic years from 1935-1937 at the University of Manchester, England, as well as beginning an academic career at the University of California at Berkeley in 1931, as an instructor. In addition, Calvin has been a full-time professor since 1947. He earned his undergraduate degrees from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1931. And received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1935.

Dr. Calvin was married to the former Genevieve Jemtegaard, daughter of Norwegian emigrant parents, they have two daughters, Elin and Karole, and one son, Noel. Though sadly, Melvin Calvin died on January 8, 1997 at the age of eighty-five from a heart attack along with the following years of declining health.

Melvin Calvin was the Director of the Big-organic Chemistry group in the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory since 1946. The group's name was later changed to the Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics in 1960. Calvin had also been awarded with many medals, awards, and lectureships throughout his lifetime, including the the numerous memberships in learned societies. He was also labeled "Mr.Photosynthesis" by Time magazine in 1961.
 * __Interesting Facts__ **



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 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 180%; color: rgb(98, 196, 14); font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center">__A List of Major Experiments, Contributions,or Discoveries__ **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the year, 1961 for identifying the path of carbon in photosynthesis.

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">He started with a thesis on the electron affinity of hal <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">ogens. This was done under the direction of Professor George A. Glocker at the University of Minnesota and completed in 1935.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Established the Chemical Biodynamics Division
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Calvin was a recipient of many awards and honors:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">National Medal of Science, which he received from President Bush in 1989
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Priestly Medal from the American Chemical Society
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">The Davy Medal from the Royal Society of London
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Gold Medal from the American Institute of Chemists
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Has developed many different theories and applications in Chemistry:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">//The Chemistry of Metal Chelate Compounds// (Developed with Professor Polyani at the University of Manchester)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">O//xygen-Carrying Synthetic Chelate Compounds// (Developed with Professor Polyani at the University of Manchester)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">//The Color of Organic Substances// (Developed with Professor Gilbert N. Lewis upon arriving at Berkeley, California)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">//The Theory of Organic Chemistry// (Developed with Professor G.E.K. Branch upon arriving at Berkeley, California)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">//Isotopic Carbon// and its application to the exploration of photosynthetic carbon dioxide reduction,
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">//The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis// (Began experiment in 1945)

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">__<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Georgia,serif">Answers: __ <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif">1) Melvin Calvin identified the path of carbon in photosynthesis. 2) When he was in high school and was working in his parent's grocery store in Detroit. He wondered what makeup was made up of, and then realized how important chemistry was. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">3) He started a thesis on the electron affinity<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">of halogens    <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> under the direction of  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Professor George A. Glocker.       <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">

<span style="color: rgb(98, 196, 14); font-family: Georgia,serif">** <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(107, 8, 226)">__<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif">References: __ **

Lynn Yaris. "Melvin Calvin, Who Unraveled the Secrets of Photosynthesis, Dies." __Berkeley Lab: Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory__. <http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Melvin-Calvin-obit.html>. September 27, 2008.

__Nobeprize.org__. The Nobel Foundation 1961. September 18, 2008. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1961/calvin-bio.html>.

__Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia__. September 16, 2008. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. September 18, 2008. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Calvin>.

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