Sune K. Bergström
Biographical
I was born January 10th, 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Degrees
1944D. Med. Sci., Biochemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
1944
M. D., Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
1944Docent of Physiological Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
| Appointments | |
| 1938 | Research Fellowship, London University, London |
| 1940 – 41 | Research Fellowship, Columbia University, New York |
| 1941 – 42 | Squibb Institute for Medical Research, New Brunswick, N.J. |
| 1944 – 47 | Assistant at the Biochemical Department, The Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm |
| 1946 – 47 | Research Fellowship, Basel University, Basel |
| 1947 – 58 | Professor of Physiological Chemistry, The University of Lund, Lund |
| 1958 – 80 | Professor of Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm |
| 1963 – 66 | Dean of the Medical Faculty, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm |
| 1969 – 77 | Rector of Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm |
| 1975 – | Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm |
| 1977 – 82 | Chairman of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Medical Research, Geneva |
| 1983 | President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Memberships and Honorary Memberships | |
| 1952 – 58 | Swedish Medical Research Council, Stockholm |
| 1964 – 70 | Swedish Medical Research Council, Stockholm |
| 1955 – 62 | Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm |
| 1965 | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm |
| 1965 | Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm |
| 1965 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston |
| 1973 | National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. |
| 1973 | American Society of Biological Chemists |
| 1976 | Academy of Sciences USSR, Moscow |
| 1977 | Academia Leopoldina, Halle, DDR |
| 1978 | Institute of Medicine, NAS, Washington, D. C. |
| 1980 | Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh |
| 1982 | Medical Academy USSR, Moscow |
| 1982 | Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten, Helsingfors |
| 1982 | Swedish Society of Medical Sciences, Stockholm |
| Honors and Awards | |
| Doctor h. c., University of Basel, Basel, 1960 | |
| Doctor h. c., University of Chicago, Chicago, 1960 | |
| “La Madonnina”, Lectureship, Milan, 1972 | |
| Dunham Lecturer, Harvard University, Boston, 1972 | |
| Anders Jahre Medical Prize, Oslo, 1972 | |
| The Gairdner Award, University of Toronto, Toronto, 1972 | |
| Dohme Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1972 – 73 | |
| Merrimon Lecturer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973 | |
| The V. D. Mattia Lectureship of the Roche Institute, USA, 1974 | |
| Harvey Lecture, The Harvey Society, New York, 1974 | |
| The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, New York, 1975 | |
| The Francis Amory Prize, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1975 | |
| Doctor h. c., Harvard University, Boston, 1976 | |
| Doctor h. c., Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, 1976 | |
| Doctor h. c., Medical Academy of Wroclaw, Poland, 1976 | |
| The Albert Laser Basic Medical Research Award, New York, 1977 | |
| General Amir Chand Oration, All India Institute, New Delhi, 1978 | |
| Cairlton Lecture, University of Texas Health Science Centre, Dallas, 1979 | |
| The Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry, Houston, 1980 | |
| Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Stockholm 1982 | |
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures/The Nobel Prizes. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate.
Sune Bergström died on August 15, 2004.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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