Notable Alumni and Faculty
Meet the CBS faculty and alumni responsible for many 'firsts' in the field of biology and at the University of Minnesota.
Paul Boyer
Nobel Prize winner for discovering how ATP synthase produces ATP more>>
Myron Brakke
Inventor of density gradient centrifugation more>>
Richard Caldecott
Founding dean of CBS more>>
Margaret Davis
First woman at the University of Minnesota elected to the National Academy of Sciences more>>
Eville Gorham
Acid rain and nuclear fallout research more>>
Edward Lewis
1995 Nobel Prize for Medicine more>>
Raymond Lindeman
Discovered how energy moves through an ecosystem, which launched the field of ecosystem science more>>
Robert McKinnell
Nuclear transplantation and cloning more>>
Craig Packer
Leading scholar on the African lion more>>
John Tester
Pioneering ecologist known for research on controlled burns and climate change more>>
Josephine Tilden
First woman scientist at the University of Minnesota more>>
G. David Tilman
Credited with scientifically establishing the value of biodiversity in Earth’s ecosystems more>>
Outstanding Achievement Award recipients
The following College of Biological Sciences alumni received Outstanding Achievement Awards from the University of Minnesota. The award, the highest given to alumni, recognizes exceptional achievement in a professional field.
- Robert Desnick (Ph.D. Genetics, 1971), 2019
- Merle S. Olson, 2004
- Douglas P. DeMaster (Ph.D. Ecology and Behavioral Biology, 1978), 2003
- Pearl L. Bergad (M.S. Biology, 1969), 2003
- Carol Pletcher (Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1979), 2003
- Julie A. Kirihara (B.S. Biochemistry, 1981; Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1988), 2002
- Bernice Folz (Ph.D. Biology, 1973), 2002
- Franklin G. Prendergast (Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1977), 2002
- Ruth M. Shuman (M.S. Genetics, 1981; Ph.D. Genetics, 1985), 2002
- Shirley C. Tucker (B.A. Botany, 1949; M.S. Botany, 1951), 1999
- Thomas S. Reid (Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1942), 1998
- James M. Hogle (B.S. Biochemistry, 1972), 1997
- Susan Berget (Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1974), 1996
- Irwin J. Goldstein (Ph.D., 1956), 1996
- Gustav Swanson, 1989
- Bernard O. Phinney (B.S. 1940; Ph.D. 1946), 1987
- Richard Gray, Sr., 1976
- Myron Brakke, 1977
- Frank Putnam, 1974
- Elizabeth Cavert Miller, 1973
- Max A. Lauffer, 1964
- Clyde H. Bailey, 1962
- Harold Paul Morris (Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1930), 1970
- George O. Burr (Ph.D. Biochemistry and Chemistry, 1924), 1955