Biography on elias james corey premio nobel

“I have always been guided by a desire to be a worthy son to the father I cannot remember and to the loving, courageous mother who raised me.” Elias’ wish began to be fulfilled all too early in life.

Born William James Corey in Methuen, Mass. in July 1928 his mother renamed him Elias after his father who died when the young Corey was just 18 months old.

His Lebanese Christian grandparents migrated to the US and the extended family, including his aunt and uncle, lived together in a spacious house in Methuen.

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He is the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and the recipient of about 70 awards and honorary degrees, including the U.S National Medal of Science, the Japan.

Corey says his aunt taught him to be efficient and to take pleasure in a job well done, no matter how mundane. A keen mathematician, in 1945 Corey entered MIT, where he soon became a convert to organic chemistry, with its “intrinsic beauty and great relevance to human health”.

After graduation he joined John C. Sheehan’s program on synthetic penicillins. At 22 he joined the University of Illinois as an instructor in chemistry under Roger Adams