Gordon G. Hammes Oral History Interview, 1995

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Creator:
Hammes, Gordon G., 1934-
Abstract:
Gordon G Hammes, PhD, is the Duke University Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus. From 1991 to 1998, Hammes was the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Duke University's Medical Center. His major research interests are in biophysical chemistry, especially enzyme kinetics and mechanism, metabolic regulation, multienzyme complexes, membrane-bound enzymes, and single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on April 3, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. In this interview, which is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project, Hammes discusses his career in biochemistry, and how he viewed the Department of Surgery in connection with his work as Vice Chancellor.
Extent:
1 Interview (1 transcript, 1 audiocassette tape)
Collection ID:
OH.HAMMES

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Gordon Hammes conducted on April 3, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

In the April 3, 1995 interview, Hammes discusses his career in biochemistry, and how he viewed the Department of Surgery in connection with his work as Vice Chancellor.

Biographical / historical:

Gordon G. Hammes, PhD, was born in 1934 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He received degrees from Princeton University (BA, 1956), University of Wisconsin, Madison (PhD, 1959), and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Germany (1959-1960) and at Stanford University (1968-1969). Following his postdoctoral experience in Germany, Hammes joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1960) where he worked as an instructor and later associate professor until 1965. From 1965 to 1988, Hammes was professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry (1970-1975) and Director of the Biotechnology Program (1983-1988) at Cornell University. Hammes later served as Professor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of California, Santa Barbara (1988-1991). In 1991, he joined Duke University as Professor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, a position he held until 1998. From 1995 to 1997, Hammes was the acting head of the Department of Molecular Cancer Biology.

Hammes' research interests include biological chemistry (especially enzyme kinetics and mechanisms), biochemical control mechanisms, multienzyme complexes, and enzyme-coupled transport.

Hammes has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including McKay Prize in Chemistry (1956), American Chemical Society Award in Biological Chemistry (1967), Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (1967), National Institutes of Health Fogarty Scholar (1975-1976), and American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology William C. Rose Award (2002). He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon. Hammes is the author of more than 250 scientific publications including 7 books, as well as serving on the editorial board of Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Reviews, Biochemistry, and Journal of American Chemical Society.

Hammes married Judith Ellen Frank in 1959. Together they had three children.

Acquisition information:
No documented accession number (transferred by James Gifford, April 1995)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: 1995; updated by Lucy Waldrop April 2023.

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Organized into the following series: Interview, April 3, 1995.
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[Identification of item], Gordon G. Hammes Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.