Person Fischer; Edmond Henri (1920-2021); biochemist Fischer Edmond Henri biochemist 1920-2021 French Male Shanghai International Settlement, Shanghai, China, Asia 06 April 1920 19200406 Seattle, Washington, United States of America 27 August 2021 20210827

Biochemist Organic chemistry Molecular Biology Physiology Biochemistry Education: La Châtaigneraie, Swiss boarding school, Lake Geneva; Collège de Calvin, all boys college, Geneva 1935; Geneva Conservatory of Music; University of Geneva PhD 1947 Career: Joined the faculty of the University of Washington, Seattle, as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry (1953); became a full professor of Biochemistry (1961); and professor emeritus (1990). Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1992 Werner Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society Prix Jaubert from the University of Geneva Lederle Medical Faculty Award Doctorates Honoris Causa from the University of Montpellier, France and the University of Basel, Switzerland Memberships: American Academy of Arts and Sciences US National Academy of Sciences Honorary President of the World Cultural Council Parents: Renée Tapernoux and Oscar Fischer, attourney. Siblings: Raoul and George Fischer. Spouse: 1) (m. 1948-1961) Nelly Gagnaux (d. 1961); 2) (m. 1963-2006) Beverly Bullock, from Eureka, California (d. 2016). Children: François and Henri from his first marriage, and Paula Dandliker, his stepdaughter from his second marriage. Grandchildren: Élyse, Léandre, Ian, and Edmond. His seminal research revealed the role and importance of reversible phosphorylation-the attachment and detachment of phosphate groups to cell proteins- in the regulation of many cellular processes and immune responses. With his colleague Edwin Krebs, Edmond was the first to purify and detail an enzyme, protein kinase, involved in the phosphorylation process. In acknowledgment of their work in this field, the pair were joint recipients of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Nobel Prize laureate. His maternal grandfather established a French newspaper and school in Shanghai. Foreign Member 20/05/2010 90 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Edmond Fischer ForMemRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/edmond-fischer-11437/; last accessed: 03/09/2025] The Nobel Prize, Edmond H. Fischer, Biographical, [URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1992/fischer/biographical/; last accessed: 03/09/2025] UW Medicine, News Room, Leila Gray, In Memoriam: Nobel Laureate Edmond Fischer, 31 August 2021, [URL: https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/memoriam-nobel-laureate-edmond-fischer; last accessed: 03/09/2025] University of Washington, Edmond Fischer, Department of Biochemistry, [URL: https://sites.uw.edu/biochemistry/faculty/edmond-fischer/; last accessed: 03/09/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN R80770 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 03/09/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA9704 26/10/2010 Joanna 03/09/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 9fdfde55-7e44-4c50-85f8-4d268277d86c