Beschreibung:
Carl Djerassi was born in Vienna, Austria, and received his education at Kenyon College (AB summa cum laude, 1942) and the University of Wisconsin (PhD, 1945). After four years as research chemist with CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. in Summit, New Jersey, he joined Syntex, S.A., in Mexico City in 1949 as associate director of chemical research. In 1952, he accepted a professorship at Wayne State University, and in 1959 his current position as professor of chemistry at Stanford University.