Alfred Stracher

Alfred Stracher was born in Albany, New York in 1931. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1956.[2]

From 1956 until 1959, Stracher was a postdoctoral fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; his first fellowship was with Lyman C. Craig at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1956 to 1958,[3] the second was with Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang at Carlsberg Laboratory from 1958 to 1959.[2]

He went on to become an assistant professor of biochemistry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He was chairman of biochemistry at SUNY from 1972 until 2006.[4] Between 1982 and 1988, Stracher was dean of research and development in the department.[5] He was appointed a Distinguished Professor in 1997.[6]

He held honorary positions as a visiting professor at King's College London and at Oxford University.[3] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974,[7] he was also a fellow of Merton College, Accademia dei Lincei,[8] and the Commonwealth Fund.[3]

In 2005, Stracher established the Robert F. Furchgott Society to honor the scientific achievements and groundbreaking work of Furchgott.[9] The society awards outstanding postdoctoral students and clinical fellows.[10]

He died in 2013 due to complications from leukemia.[5] The Alfred Stracher Memorial Fund at SUNY provides annual awards to distinguished faculty.[8]

He was married to Dorothy Stracher, with whom he had three children.[2]