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Marshall D. Gates Jr. -- Synthesized MorphineFrom: Dean Huffman (dean@thehuffpeople.net)Sun Oct 5 16:04:45 2003
.. .. It was reported from Rochester, New York, that chemist Marshall D. Gates Jr., the first person to synthesize morphine in the laboratory, has died, at the age of 88. His 1952 breakthrough, achieved with the help of colleague Gilg Tschudi, propelled the development of nonaddictive drugs that could mimic morphine's ability to deaden severe pain. Efforts to synthesize morphine intensified in Britain and the United States during World War II amid a scarcity in the supply of the raw materials to make the drug. Gates began working as a teacher and researcher at the school in 1949, created hundreds of compounds and earned 13 patents. He retired in 1981. His reputation as a chemist was reflected in his role as assistant editor and then editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1949 to 1969. He began his studies on the structure of morphine after joining the faculty at Bryn Mawr College in 1941, and he carried out research for the National Defense Research Council from 1943 to 1946.
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