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Atkinson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">3rd Director of the <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1969–1972</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leland_J._Haworth" class="mw-redirect" title="Leland J. 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Haworth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guyford_Stever" title="Guyford Stever">Guyford Stever</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1917-01-22</span>)</span>22 January 1917<br /><a href="/wiki/Rogers,_Texas" title="Rogers, Texas">Rogers, Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 February 1999<span style="display:none">(1999-02-22)</span> (aged 82)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Nella Amelia Winch (m.1940)<br />Marlene Anderegg DeLuca (1967–1987†)<br />Olga Robles (1997–1999)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pasadena_Junior_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasadena Junior College">Pasadena Junior College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Reed_College" title="Reed College">Reed College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Biochemistry" title="Biochemistry">Biochemistry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research" title="Office of Naval Research">Office of Naval Research</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Health">National Institute of Health</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_California_San_Diego" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California San Diego">University of California San Diego</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Howard_N._Potts_Medal" title="Howard N. Potts Medal">Howard N. Potts Medal</a> (1971); <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences" title="National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Biochemistry" title="Biochemistry">Biochemistry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research" title="Office of Naval Research">Office of Naval Research</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Health">National Institute of Health</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_California_San_Diego" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California San Diego">University of California San Diego</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/301853851/">The application of the theory of absolute reaction rates to the action of narcotics</a></i> <span style="font-size:97%;">(1943)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Doctoral_advisor" title="Doctoral advisor">Doctoral advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E._Newton_Harvey" title="E. Newton Harvey">E. Newton Harvey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Notable students</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Woodland_Hastings" title="John Woodland Hastings">John Woodland Hastings</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William David McElroy</b> (22 January 1917 – 17 February 1999) was an American <a href="/wiki/Biochemist" title="Biochemist">biochemist</a> and academic administrator. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_D._McElroy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_D._McElroy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McElroy was born to William D. McElroy and Ora Shipley in <a href="/wiki/Rogers,_Texas" title="Rogers, Texas">Rogers, Texas</a>. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/McAllen_High_School" title="McAllen High School">McAllen High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/McAllen,_Texas" title="McAllen, Texas">McAllen, Texas</a> in 1935, he attended <a href="/wiki/Pasadena_City_College" title="Pasadena City College">Pasadena Junior College</a> in California, and went on to <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> on a football scholarship where he received his bachelor's degree in 1937. He earned his <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in biology at <a href="/wiki/Reed_College" title="Reed College">Reed College</a> and his <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-thesis-mcelroy-1943_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thesis-mcelroy-1943-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_D._McElroy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After college, McElroy became a professor at <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a>. He initiated an independent research program in bioluminescence, recruiting students to collect <a href="/wiki/Fireflies" class="mw-redirect" title="Fireflies">fireflies</a> to perform experiments. He discovered the key role that <a href="/wiki/Luciferase" title="Luciferase">luciferase</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate" title="Adenosine triphosphate">adenosine triphosphate</a> (ATP) play in the process. </p><p>He began working with the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research" title="Office of Naval Research">Office of Naval Research</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Health">National Institute of Health</a> in the 1950s, and became a member of the <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Science_Advisory_Committee" title="President's Science Advisory Committee">President's Science Advisory Committee</a> to President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> in 1962. He later became the director of the <a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a> from 1969 to 1972. He also served as the president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science" title="American Association for the Advancement of Science">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> from 1975 to 1976. He became chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_San_Diego" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California San Diego">University of California San Diego</a> from 1972 to 1980. </p><p>In collaboration with <a href="/wiki/H._Bentley_Glass" title="H. Bentley Glass">H. Bentley Glass</a> he edited several symposium volumes, including <i>The chemical basis of heredity</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with authors including <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Jacob" title="François Jacob">François Jacob</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Chargaff" title="Erwin Chargaff">Erwin Chargaff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Severo_Ochoa" title="Severo Ochoa">Severo Ochoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Kornberg" title="Arthur Kornberg">Arthur Kornberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Delbr%C3%BCck" title="Max Delbrück">Max Delbrück</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Crick" title="Francis Crick">Francis Crick</a>. In his review<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Waddington" class="mw-redirect" title="Conrad Waddington">Conrad Waddington</a> wrote as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> It deals with the most fundamental problem of analytical biology — the chemical nature and functioning of the basic units on which biological organisms are based. The contributors are ... of the very highest standard ... Workers in the large field of chromosomes, genes, nucleic acids and viruses will find the book essential.</p></blockquote> <p>He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/The_Franklin_Institute_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="The Franklin Institute Awards">Howard N. Potts Medal</a> in 1971. He was also an elected member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the United States <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences" title="National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981, McElroy became a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/World_Cultural_Council" title="World Cultural Council">World Cultural Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_D._McElroy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McElroy married three times. He was first married to Nella Amelia Winch in 1940 with whom he had four children; Ann, Mary, Thomas and William, Jr. His second marriage was in 1967 to biochemist Marlene Anderegg DeLuca. Their one child is Eric Gene. After being widowed in 1987, he married again in 1997 to Olga Robles who survived him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_D._McElroy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/McElroy_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="McElroy Ridge">McElroy Ridge</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Victory_Mountains" title="Victory Mountains">Victory Mountains</a> of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Land" title="Victoria Land">Victoria Land</a>, Antarctica was named after McElroy by the <a href="/wiki/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names" title="Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names">Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_D._McElroy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcElroy1943" class="citation thesis cs1">McElroy, William David (1943). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/301853851/"><i>The application of the theory of absolute reaction rates to the action of narcotics</i></a></span> (Ph.D.). <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/54749276">54749276</a> – via <a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=The+application+of+the+theory+of+absolute+reaction+rates+to+the+action+of+narcotics&rft.inst=Princeton+University&rft.date=1943&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F54749276&rft.aulast=McElroy&rft.aufirst=William+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F301853851%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+D.+McElroy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_D._McElroy_and_Bentley_Glass1957" class="citation book cs1">William D. McElroy and Bentley Glass, ed. (1957). <i>The chemical basis of heredity</i>. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0801804090" title="Special:BookSources/978-0801804090"><bdi>978-0801804090</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+chemical+basis+of+heredity&rft.place=Baltimore&rft.pub=The+Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=1957&rft.isbn=978-0801804090&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+D.+McElroy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaddington1958" class="citation journal cs1">Waddington, C. H. 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