Harold Dadford West (July 16, 1904 – March 5, 1974) was an American

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

who was the first to synthesize

threonine Threonine (symbol Thr or T) is an amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated −NH form under biological conditions), a carboxyl group (which is in the deprotonated −COO� ...

. Born in New Jersey, his father George, was from Washington D.C. and his mother, Mary, was from Rhode Island. He worked at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee as a teacher. He was married to Jessie Juanita West and had at least two children, Edna (named after his older sister) and Harold West Jr. He died in 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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