Frank L. Douglas

Frank Lennox Douglas (born April 30, 1943) is a Guyanese-American biomedical researcher and business executive.

Frank L. Douglas
Born (1943-04-30) April 30, 1943
Georgetown, Guyana
Alma mater
  • Lehigh University (BS)
  • Cornell University (PhD, MD)
Scientific career
FieldsPharmaceuticals
Websitefreemanblackstream.com

Education and career

Douglas was born April 30, 1943, in Georgetown, Guyana. He graduated with a BS in Engineering from Lehigh University in 1966.[1] He went on to a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University, which he received at the beginning of 1973, with a thesis on chlorophyll-a.[2] After a brief stint working at Xerox,[3] Douglas moved to New York City to pursue a medical degree from the Cornell University Medical School.[1] After finishing the MD, Douglas completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health.[1]

Following his fellowship, Douglas took a position as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, in which role he remained for 5 years.[3] At this time, he also began work at the pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy.[3] In 1992, he moved as an executive vice president to Marion Merrell Dow, where he remained as it was acquired and changed names to Hoechst Marion Roussel, and later to Aventis.[3][4]

In 2005, Douglas left Aventis and took a position as a professor of the practice at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was involved in founding the Center for Biomedical Innovation.[3][5][6] After 2 years at MIT, he resigned over concerns about institutional racism, particularly regarding the tenure-denial of James Sherley.[5][7][8][9]

In 2009, Douglas moved to Akron, Ohio, to serve as president and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute.[10][11][12] He left the institute at the beginning of 2015.[10][13]

Douglas published an autobiography in 2018, titled Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream.

Books
  • Douglas, Frank L. (2018). Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4809-9481-2.[14]

Honors and awards

References
  1. "Frank L. Douglas". Engineering. Alumni Heritage Initiative. Lehigh University. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  2. Douglas, Frank Lennox (January 1973). Some photoelectric properties of chlorophyll-a aggregates (PhD thesis). Cornell University.
  3. "About / Curriculum Vitae". Frank L. Douglas. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. "The End (and the Beginning) is Near". Forbes. August 22, 1999. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (June 8, 2007). "News of the Week | MIT Colleague Quits to Protest Sherley Dismissal". Science. 316 (5830): 1405. doi:10.1126/science.316.5830.1405. PMID 17556555. S2CID 153467729.
  6. "People - Frank L. Douglas, Ph.D., M.D." MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation. Archived from the original on March 26, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  7. Smallwood, Scott (June 4, 2007). "MIT Professor Resigns to Protest Treatment of Hunger-Striking Colleague". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  8. Schworm, Peter (June 4, 2007). "MIT Center Director Resigns In Protest Of Tenure Decision". Boston Globe. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  9. Schaffer, Amanda (October 20, 2020). "The long path to inclusivity". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  10. "Akron BioInnovation Institute's leader stepping down at end of year". Akron Beacon Journal. November 26, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  11. Douglas, F. (2009). "An Audience With | Frank Douglas". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 8 (11): 840. doi:10.1038/nrd3047. ISSN 1474-1776. PMID 19876037. S2CID 6930338.
  12. "Dr. Frank Douglas". Akron Life. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  13. Soder, Chuck (October 25, 2015). "Austen BioInnovation Institute shrinks, regroups". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  14. Reviews of Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream:
  15. Maxmen, Amy (November 16, 2010). "Scientists as rock stars?". The Scientist. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  16. "Douglas receives Black History Maker award". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. March 26, 2007.
  17. "Verleihung von Ehrendoktorwürde, Fachbereichsplakette und Promotionspreis" (PDF). Uni-Klinik Aktuell. Goethe University Frankfurt. 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
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