http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8697881 No online items Finding Aid for the Paul D. Boyer Papers, 1943-2009 LSC.2156 Finding aid prepared by Jessica Cook and Joyce Wang, November 21, 2016; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] Online finding aid last updated 4 October 2017. Finding Aid for the Paul D. Boyer LSC.2156 1 Papers, 1943-2009 LSC.2156 Title: Paul D. Boyer papers Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2156 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 19.4 linear feet(47 boxes and 3 half boxes) Date (bulk): Bulk, 1960-1993 Date (inclusive): 1943-2009 Abstract: Paul D. Boyer won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997 for his research on the binding change mechanism and rotational catalysis of the ATP synthase complex, which he performed at UCLA in the 1960-70s. This collection contains his professional papers, documenting his career as an academic at the University of Minnesota (1946-1963) and UCLA (1963-present [Emeritus]), where he was Director of the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI). Of particular note is Boyer’s correspondence with other major bioenergeticists of the twentieth century including Efraim Racker and Nobelist Peter Mitchell, and regarding UCLA specifically, the naming of UCLA’s Boyer Hall on campus. Language of Materials: Materials are in English. Location Note: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Creator: Boyer, Paul D. Conditions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL: Contains restricted student and award nominee information. Conditions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Paul D. Boyer Papers (Collection 2156). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 8022129 Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Paul D. Boyer, 2014. Processing Information Processed by Jessica Cook and Joyce Wang in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) under the direction of Jillian Cuellar and Courtney Dean, Summer-Fall 2016. Biography/History Paul D. Boyer (1918–present) was born on July 31st, 1918 in Provo, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in chemistry in 1939, was awarded a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Scholarship, and began his doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin in 1939 in the lab of Paul H. Philips. Five days before leaving Provo, Boyer married fellow BYU student Lyda Whicker. He received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1943, and moved to Stanford to work in the lab of J. Murray Luck on a war-related research project on the stabilization of serum albumin for transfusions. In 1945 Boyer was drafted into the U.S. Navy (second class seaman) and sent to the Navy Medical Research Institute. In 1946 he became an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota. In 1955 Boyer received a Guggenheim Fellowship to work with Nobelist Hugo Theorell on alcohol dehydrogenase in Sweden, and also won the Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society (ACS) that year. In 1956 Boyer accepted the Hill Foundation Professorship at the University of Minnesota and moved to the medical campus. He served as Chairman of the Biochemistry Section of the American Chemical Society from 1959-60. Finding Aid for the Paul D. Boyer LSC.2156 2 Papers, 1943-2009 LSC.2156 In 1963 Boyer moved to UCLA, and in 1965 accepted the more administrative Directorship of the new Molecular Biology Institute (MBI). From 1969-70 Boyer also served as President of the American Society of Biological Chemists. In late 1970 Boyer’s lab made a breakthrough discovery, formulating the first major aspect of what, along with his later theory of catalytic cooperativity (developed in the mid-1970s), became the binding change mechanism. He was eventually awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this research, after John Walker’s crystallographic studies confirmed Boyer’s formulation (Boyer, Walker, and Jens Skou shared the 1997 Prize). From 1963-89 Boyer served as either Editor or Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Biochemistry, and from 1970-90 he was the Editor of the multivolume biochemistry series The Enzymes. In addition to his Nobel Prize he received numerous awards, including the Rose Award of the American Society of Chemistry and Molecular Biology (1989) and honorary doctorates from the Universities of Stockholm (1974), Minnesota (1996), and Wisconsin (1998). He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences. Boyer’s lab largely stopped preforming research around 1993, and after which he spent an increasing amount of his time in Wyoming with his wife, Lyda. They have three children (Gail, Hali, and Douglas) and eight grandchildren. Scope and Content This collection contains materials largely related to Paul Boyer’s professional career, most significantly research notes, article manuscripts, conference attendance, and correspondence related to his Nobel Prize-winning research on the binding change mechanism and rotational catalysis in the ATP synthase complex. This collection is especially strong in correspondence, containing Boyer’s extensive research correspondence with Nobelist Peter Mitchell, bioenergeticist Efraim Racker, Richard Cross, Britton Chance, Henry Lardy, and James Peter. The collection also contains extensive article manuscripts with data, notes, and revisions. Lastly, the collection contains UCLA-specific materials such as documentation of the beginnings of the MBI, the naming of Boyer Hall, and the creation of the Boyer Postdoctoral fund. Arrangement Overall, materials are arranged alphabetically by topic within their series, then chronologically. This collection has been arranged into the following series: Series 1: Academia, 1941-2008 Subseries 1.1: Teaching, Academic Appointments, Personal Information, 1941-1999 Subseries 1.2: Publications, 1949-2007 Subseries 1.3: Conferences, 1967-2005 Subseries 1.4: Professional Societies, 1955-2008 Subseries 1.5: UCLA, 1974-2009 Series 2: Correspondence, 1943-2009 Series 3: Awards and Donations, 1951-2009 Series 4: Government Funding and Contracts, 1955-1995 Donald J. Cram papers, 1937-2002, UCLA Library Special Collections (Collection 570). Glenn Theodore Seaborg diaries, 1927-1946, UCLA Library Special Collections (Collection 1498). Subjects and Indexing Terms Boyer, Paul D. -- Archives. University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry--Faculty -- Archives. Finding Aid for the Paul D. Boyer LSC.2156 3 Papers, 1943-2009 LSC.2156 Series 1: Academia Bulk, 1960-1993 1941-2008 Subseries 1.1: Teaching, Academic Appointments, Personal Information Bulk, 1960-1995 1941-1999 Series 1: Academia Bulk, 1960-1993 1941-2008 Scope and Content This series (1941-2008) includes material related to Boyer’s occupation as a professor, including article and book chapter manuscripts; conference lectures, notes, and programs; UCLA graduate seminar lecture notes; research notes and data; employment paperwork from University of Minnesota and UCLA; professional societies and editorial materials; and photographs of him and his colleagues. This series also contains correspondence and co-authored drafts/notes relating to specific articles or chapters. In terms of UCLA material, the series documents Boyer’s Directorship of the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) at UCLA, the UC Program for Research and Training in Biotechnology (also called the Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program), his involvement with other UCLA campus institutes, the proceedings of UCLA advisory committees he served on, and information regarding the proposed Veloway bicycle highway project near UCLA’s campus in Westwood. For material related to the naming of Boyer Hall, the creation of the Paul Boyer Endowed Chair at UCLA, and the Boyer Postdoctoral Fellowships at UCLA, see series 3. Arrangement Materials are sorted by document type (academic appointment, article, conference, etc.) within the subseries. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit. Restrictions on Access CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL: Contains restricted student information. Subseries 1.1: