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Sidney Udenfriend (April 5, 1918 – December 29, 1999) was an American biochemist, pharmacologist, founding director of the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, co-discoverer of a color test to detect an intestinal tumor often linked with diseased heart valves. Udenfriend was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a recipient of the Ames Award, Hillebrand Award, the Arthur S. Flemming award, Gairdner Award, the Van Slyke Award chief of the laboratory in the National Heart Institute, He was also a member the American Chemical Society, the American Society of Biological Chemists, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Life and career

• April 5, 1918: born Brooklyn, New York
• 1939: graduated from City College of New York
• 1942: M.S., New York University
• 1948: Ph.D., New York University
• 1967: the Van Slyke Award
• 1967: Gairdner Foundation International Award
• 1969: The Ames Award
• December 29, 1999: died

References

1. New York Times:COLOR TEST DETECTS TUMOR OF INTESTINE;September 23, 1955
2. ^ National Academies Press:National Academy of Sciences:Biographical Memoirs:v.83:Sidney Udenfriend
3. The AMINCO-Bowman SPF:Sidney Udenfriend (1918-2001)
4. ^ American Association for Clinical Chemistry ;Sidney Udenfriend, PhD;1969 Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry
5. "Paid Notice: Deaths UDENFRIEND, SIDNEY, DR". The New York Times. 2000-01-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

• 1918 births
• 2001 deaths
• American pharmacologists
• New York University alumni
• Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
• Scientists from Brooklyn
• Scientists from New York (state)
• 20th-century American chemists