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"The underlying hypothesis", he wrote, "which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme". For corroborating this "one gene one protein" hypothesis with <a href="/people/783/000129396/">George Beadle</a>, they were awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize, sharing the honor with Joshua Lederberg.<p> He was also an accomplished performer on the french horn. A lifelong cigarette smoker, Tatum was killed by emphysema. His father, pharmacologist Arthur Tatum, introduced picrotoxin as an antidote for barbiturate poisoning, and arsenoxide as the first effective pre-penicillin treatment for syphilis.<p><b>Father:</b> Arthur Lawrie Tatum (pharmacology professor)<br><b>Mother:</b> Mabel Webb Tatum<br><b>Brother:</b> Elwood Tatum (twin, d. infancy)<br><b>Mother:</b> Celia Harriman Tatum (stepmother)<br><b>Wife:</b> June Alton Tatum (biochemist-artist, div. 1956, d. 2006)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Margaret Tatum Easter ("Peggy")<br><b>Daughter:</b> Barbara Tatum<br><b>Wife:</b> Viola Kantor Tatum (m. 1956, d. 1974)<br><b>Wife:</b> Elsie Bergland Tatum (m. 1974, d. 1998)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">University of Chicago</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000082231/">BA Chemistry, University of Wisconsin at Madison (1931)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000082231/">MS Microbiology, University of Wisconsin at Madison (1932)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000082231/">PhD Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin at Madison (1934)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/477/000082231/">University of Wisconsin at Madison (1934-37)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/625/000071412/">University of Utrecht (1935)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Stanford University (1937-41)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Biology, Stanford University (1941-45)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">Microbiology, Yale University (1945-48)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Biology, Stanford University (1948-53)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Biochemistry, Stanford University (1953-57)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/662/000068458/">Biochemistry, Rockefeller University (1957-75)</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/214/000068010/">Nobel Prize for Medicine</a> 1958, with <a href="/people/783/000129396/">George Beadle</a> and Joshua Lederberg<br> <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a> 1952<br> <a href="/org/370/000064178/">American Cancer Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/790/000055625/">American Chemical Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/640/000052484/">American Philosophical Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/817/000050667/">March of Dimes</a> Advisory Council<br> <a href="/org/140/000124765/">Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center</a> Advisory Board<br> <a href="/company/513/000053354/">Merck</a> Consultant<br> <a href="/org/527/000118173/">Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a><br> <p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=129510"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=129510">Edward Tatum</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=129510" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>