Frank L. Douglas
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Education and career
Douglas was born April 30, 1943, in Georgetown, Guyana.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He graduated with a BS in Engineering from Lehigh University in 1966.[1] He went on to a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University, which he received at the beginning of 1973, with a thesis on chlorophyll-a.[2] After a brief stint working at Xerox,[3] Douglas moved to New York City to pursue a medical degree from the Cornell University Medical School.[1] After finishing the MD, Douglas completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health.[1]
Following his fellowship, Douglas took a position as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, in which role he remained for 5 years.[3] At this time, he also began work at the pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy.[3] In 1992, he moved as an executive vice president to Marion Merrell Dow, where he remained as it was acquired and changed names to Hoechst Marion Roussel, and later to Aventis.[3][4]Template:Better source needed
In 2005, Douglas left Aventis and took a position as a professor of the practice at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was involved in founding the Center for Biomedical Innovation.[3][5][6] After 2 years at MIT, he resigned over concerns about institutional racism, particularly regarding the tenure-denial of James Sherley.[5][7][8][9]
In 2009, Douglas moved to Akron, Ohio, to serve as president and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute.[10][11][12] He left the institute at the beginning of 2015.[10][13]
Douglas published an autobiography in 2018, titled Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream.
Books
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Honors and awards
- Geoffrey Beene Foundation and GQ Magazine Rock Star of Science, 2010[12][15]
- Black History Makers Award, 2007[16]
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References
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External links
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