Herman Sokol (October 14, 1916 – June 22, 1985) was an American
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
who was a co-discoverer of
tetracycline
Tetracycline, sold under various brand names, is an oral antibiotic in the tetracyclines family of medications, used to treat a number of infections, including Acne vulgaris, acne, cholera, brucellosis, plague (disease), plague, malaria, and sy ...
. He was president of
Bristol-Myers Company from 1976 to 1981.
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Biography
He was born on October 14, 1916. He was president of the Bristol-Myers Company from 1976 to 1981. He died on June 22, 1985, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York.
Legacy
Montclair State University established Margaret and Herman Sokol Institute for Pharmaceutical Life Sciences.
References
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1916 births
1985 deaths
20th-century American chemists
Bristol Myers Squibb people