Frank L. Douglas
Frank L. Douglas | |
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| Born | April 30, 1943 Georgetown, Guyana |
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| Fields | Pharmaceuticals |
| Website | freemanblackstream |
Frank Lennox Douglas (born April 30, 1943) is a Guyanese-American biomedical researcher and business executive.
Education and career[edit]
Douglas was born April 30, 1943, in Georgetown, Guyana.[citation needed] He graduated with a BS in Engineering from Lehigh University in 1966.[1] He went on to a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University, which he received at the beginning of 1973, with a thesis on chlorophyll-a.[2] After a brief stint working at Xerox,[3] Douglas moved to New York City to pursue a medical degree from the Cornell University Medical School.[1] After finishing the MD, Douglas completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health.[1]
Following his fellowship, Douglas took a position as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, in which role he remained for 5 years.[3] At this time, he also began work at the pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy.[3] In 1992, he moved as an executive vice president to Marion Merrell Dow, where he remained as it was acquired and changed names to Hoechst Marion Roussel, and later to Aventis.[3][4][better source needed]
In 2005, Douglas left Aventis and took a position as a professor of the practice at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was involved in founding the Center for Biomedical Innovation.[3][5][6] After 2 years at MIT, he resigned over concerns about institutional racism, particularly regarding the tenure-denial of James Sherley.[5][7][8][9]
In 2009, Douglas moved to Akron, Ohio, to serve as president and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute.[10][11][12] He left the institute at the beginning of 2015.[10][13]
Douglas published an autobiography in 2018, titled Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream.
Books[edit]
- Douglas, Frank L. (2018). Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4809-9481-2.[14]
Honors and awards[edit]
- Geoffrey Beene Foundation and GQ Magazine Rock Star of Science, 2010[12][15]
- Black History Makers Award, 2007[16]
- Plakette des Fachbereichs Medizin (Medal of the Faculty of Medicine), Goethe University Frankfurt, 2004[17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Frank L. Douglas". Engineering. Alumni Heritage Initiative. Lehigh University. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ^ Douglas, Frank Lennox (January 1973). Some photoelectric properties of chlorophyll-a aggregates (PhD thesis). Cornell University.
- ^ a b c d e "About / Curriculum Vitae". Frank L. Douglas. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "The End (and the Beginning) is Near". Forbes. August 22, 1999. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (June 8, 2007). "News of the Week | MIT Colleague Quits to Protest Sherley Dismissal". Science. 316 (5830): 1405. doi:10.1126/science.316.5830.1405. PMID 17556555. S2CID 153467729.
- ^ "People - Frank L. Douglas, Ph.D., M.D." MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation. Archived from the original on March 26, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ^ Smallwood, Scott (June 4, 2007). "MIT Professor Resigns to Protest Treatment of Hunger-Striking Colleague". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Schworm, Peter (June 4, 2007). "MIT Center Director Resigns In Protest Of Tenure Decision". Boston Globe. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Schaffer, Amanda (October 20, 2020). "The long path to inclusivity". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Akron BioInnovation Institute's leader stepping down at end of year". Akron Beacon Journal. November 26, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Douglas, F. (2009). "An Audience With | Frank Douglas". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 8 (11). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 840. doi:10.1038/nrd3047. ISSN 1474-1776. PMID 19876037. S2CID 6930338.
- ^ a b "Dr. Frank Douglas". Akron Life. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Soder, Chuck (October 25, 2015). "Austen BioInnovation Institute shrinks, regroups". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Reviews of Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream:
- "Review". Kirkus Indie. Kirkus Reviews. February 14, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- "Memoir by Guyana-born, Dr Frank L Douglas – Book Review by ZammiD". Online Book Club. Guyanese Online. November 21, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ^ Maxmen, Amy (November 16, 2010). "Scientists as rock stars?". The Scientist. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "Douglas receives Black History Maker award". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. March 26, 2007.
- ^ "Verleihung von Ehrendoktorwürde, Fachbereichsplakette und Promotionspreis" (PDF). Uni-Klinik Aktuell. Goethe University Frankfurt. 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Douglas, Frank L. (October 1, 2007). "Discrimination in Academia". The Scientist. Retrieved January 6, 2021.