Gordon G. Hammes Papers and Records, 1987-2008

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Summary

Creator:
Hammes, Gordon G., 1934-
Abstract:
Gordon G Hammes, PhD, is the Duke University Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus. Contains the professional papers and records of the administration of Hammes, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Duke University Medical Center. Also contains some materials from the Edward W. Holmes administration. Types of materials include correspondence with individuals and corporations, appointment, promotion and tenure materials, minutes, reports, subject files, budgets, evaluations, grant and contacts, and long-range planning documents. Major subjects include departments and administration of Duke University Medical Center, medical education, and faculty. Materials range in date from 1987 to 2008.
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0042

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the professional papers and records of the administration of Gordon Hammes, vice chancellor for health affairs at Duke University Medical Center. Organized into the following series: Subject Files, 1988-1994; Budget Materials, 1991-1992; Scientific Misconduct Cases, ca. 1996-1997; Departmental Files, 1991-1993; Chronological Files, 1992-1995; Alphabetical File, 1987-1994; Departments, 1991-1994; Corporations, 1991-1994; Committees, 1991-1994; Reports, Handbooks, and Bylaws, 1987-1994; Chronological Files, 1994-1996; Accounting Files, 1995-1996; Departmental Files, 1991-1995; Fund Codes Accounting, ca. 1996-1997; Chronological Files, 1994-1995; Scientific Misconduct (restricted), ca. 1996-1997; Long Range Planning Materials, 1991-1997; Subject Files, 1994-2000 (bulk 1998-2000); Additions of November 2008, 2008. Materials range in date from 1987 to 2008.

Biographical / historical:

Gordon G. Hammes, PhD, was born in 1934 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He received degrees from Princeton University (BA, 1956), University of Wisconsin, Madison (PhD, 1959), and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Germany (1959-1960) and at Stanford University (1968-1969). Following his postdoctoral experience in Germany, Hammes joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1960) where he worked as an instructor and later associate professor until 1965. From 1965 to 1988, Hammes was professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry (1970-1975) and Director of the Biotechnology Program (1983-1988) at Cornell University. Hammes later served as Professor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of California, Santa Barbara (1988-1991). In 1991, he joined Duke University as Professor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, a position he held until 1998. From 1995 to 1997, Hammes was the acting head of the Department of Molecular Cancer Biology.

Hammes' research interests include biological chemistry (especially enzyme kinetics and mechanisms), biochemical control mechanisms, multienzyme complexes, and enzyme-coupled transport.

Hammes has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including McKay Prize in Chemistry (1956), American Chemical Society Award in Biological Chemistry (1967), Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (1967), National Institutes of Health Fogarty Scholar (1975-1976), and American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology William C. Rose Award (2002). He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon. Hammes is the author of more than 250 scientific publications including 7 books, as well as serving on the editorial board of Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Reviews, Biochemistry, and Journal of American Chemical Society.

Hammes married Judith Ellen Frank in 1959. Together they had three children.

Acquisition information:
Transfer; 1994-2008.
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff and Emily Glenn, March 2004 Encoded by Emily Glenn, March 2004 Revised by Dawne Howard Lucas, January 2009

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Personal Name(s):
Hammes, Gordon G., 1934-
Holmes, Edward W.
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center.
Duke University. School of Medicine
Duke University -- Faculty.
Duke University -- Administration.
Topical Term(s):
Education, Medical.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Gordon G. Hammes Papers and Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.