William F Neuman (June 2, 1919 in

Petoskey, Michigan Petoskey ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat and largest city in Emmet County. Part of Northern Michigan, Petoskey is a popular Midwestern resort town, as it sits on the shore of Little Traverse Bay, a bay of La ...

– January 4, 1981 in

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) was an important biochemist and author. Neuman was an authority on the

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

of bone tissue. Before joining the faculty of the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of Roc ...

in 1944, he headed the biochemistry section of the

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at the university and helped develop the field of health physics. In 1965 he was a member of the scientific team that studied the effects of space flight on astronauts Frank Borman and

James A. Lovell James Arthur Lovell Jr. (; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of th ...

after their fourteen-day flight on

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. Neuman was the author or co-author of more than two hundred scholarly publications. The William F. Neuman Award, since 1981, has been presented annually by the

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) is a professional, scientific and medical society established in 1977 to promote excellence in bone and mineral research and to facilitate the translation of that research into clinical pr ...

for "outstanding and major scientific research" in bone and mineral research.Awards

, accessed January 13, 2011

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1919 births 1981 deaths American biochemists University of Rochester faculty People from Petoskey, Michigan {{US-scientist-stub