 The
"father of the birth control pill," Carl
Djerassi, Ph.D., Chairman of the Pharmanex Scientific Advisory Board,
is both an internationally renowned chemist and a prolific writer, not only
of scientific works but also of best-selling fiction and two autobiographical
works: From the Lab into the World : A Pill for People, Pets, and Bugs
(Creators of Modern Chemistry) and The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas'
Horse/the Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist Who Synthesized
the Birth Control Pill. A Stanford University professor of chemistry,
he has written more than 1,200 scientific publications and seven monographs.
The recipient of numerous scientific honors, he is one of the few Americans
to have received both the National Medal of Science (for creating the first
steroid oral contraceptive) and the National Medal of Technology (for promoting
new approaches to insect control). Dr. Djerassi has also been awarded 17
honorary doctorates and many other prestigious honors, such as the first
Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application
of Science from the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Chemical
Society’s highest award, the Priestly Medal. His fiction works, mostly in
the genre of "science-in-fiction," illustrate the human side of
scientists and the personal conflicts they face. His Djerassi Resident Artists
Program, founded in 1982, has assisted more than 1000 persons in the visual
arts, literature, choreography, performing arts and music.
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