My Ph.D. degree was granted in the spring of 1943, the nation was at war, and I headed for a war project at Stanford University. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not been fulfilled in the sense that my accomplishments remain more at the basic than the applied level. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Minnesota has generally competent and honest public officials, good support of the schools and cultural amenities, and an excellent state university. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
In 1956 I accepted a Hill Foundation Professorship and moved to the medical school campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
A different type of education came when as a member of a medical corps in the National Guard I spent several weeks in a military camp in California. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I recall mother's tolerance when she allowed me, at an early age, to take off the hinges and doors of cupboards if I would put them back on. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It was always assumed that I would go to college. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The experience reminds me of a favorite saying Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin to heat denaturation, and would even reverse the denaturation by heat or concentrated urea solutions. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The information exchanged and gained at scientific conferences and visits has been tremendously important for progress in my laboratory. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. - Paul D. Boyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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