Department Head | Date | Notable Events & New Facilities |
| 2011 | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility building completed | |
| 2010 | Nano Crystalization Facility Created |
| 2003 | Cargill Building completed (St. Paul) |
| 2002 | Molecular & Cell Biology building completed (MPLS) |
David A. Bernlohr | 1999 |
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Charles Louis |
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John Lipscomb (MPLS) | 1997 | Biochemistry Departments combined |
Simon Pilkis (MPLS) | 1996 | Nils Hasselmo Hall building completed (MPLS) |
David Bernlohr (St. Paul) | 1995 | Four Divisions of Biochemistry created |
James W. Bodley (MPLS) | 1992 |
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Norma Allewell (SP) | 1991 |
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Harry Hogenkamp (MPLS) | 1987 | |
James W. Bodley (MPLS) | 1986 | |
Victor A. Bloomfield (SP) | 1986 |
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Stanley Dagley (St. Paul) | 1985 | Biotechnology Institute created (St. Paul) |
| 1984 | First Biochemistry Retreat at Lake Itasca |
Victor A. Bloomfield (St. Paul) | 1979 |
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Harry Hogenkamp (MPLS) | 1976 |
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Charles W. Carr (MPLS) | 1974 |
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Finn Wold (St. Paul) | 1974 |
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| 1966 | Gortner Laboratory building completed (St. Paul) |
| 1965 | College of Biological Sciences created (St. Paul) |
| 1964 | Unified Biochemistry Graduate Program |
LaVell M. Henderson (St. Paul) | 1963 | Two Departments of Biochemistry created (Minneapolis Campus & St. Paul Campus) |
David R. Briggs (St. Paul) | 1961 |
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Wallace Armstrong (MPLS) | 1946 | Department of Physiological Chemistry created (MPLS) |
| 1945 | Paul Boyer joined St. Paul and later Minneapolis departments |
William F. Geddes (St. Paul) | 1944 | Harland Wood and Merton Utter used C13 to show incorporation by pigeon liver of CO2 into pyruvate |
Leroy S. Palmer (St. Paul) | 1942 |
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George Burr (MPLS) | 1940 | Division of Physiological Chemistry created |
| 1938 | Wallace Armstrong demonstrated link between fluoride and dental carries |
| 1929 | George Burr discovers essential fatty acids |
| 1928 | Snyder Hall completed (St. Paul) |
| 1924 | Jessie McClendon demonstrated the relationship between goiter and dietary iodine |
Ross A. Gortner (St. Paul) | 1917 | Department of Agricultural Biochemistry was created (St. Paul) |
| 1913 | First course listing for Biochemistry offered by the Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry (St. Paul) |
Roscoe Thatcher (St. Paul) | 1913 |
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| 1912 | Jackson, Owre and Millard Halls completed (MPLS) |
| 1911 | Graduate Programs in Agricultural and Physiological Chemistry gegan |
Ralph Hoagland (St. Paul) | 1909 |
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Harry Snyder (St. Paul) | 1907 |
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| 1891 | Harry Snyder appointed as first Professor of Agricultural Chemistry (St. Paul) |
| 1888 | Charles Bell appointed as first Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (MPLS) |
David N. Harper (St. Paul) | 1888 | Founding of the Medical School (MPLS) and the Agricultural Experiment Station which soon became the School of Agriculture (St. Paul) |