Paul D. Boyer

Paul D. Boyer
Boyer in 2016
Born	(1918-07-31)July 31, 1918 Provo, Utah, U.S.
Died	June 2, 2018(2018-06-02) (aged 99) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Brigham Young University University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known for	Researching adenosine triphosphate Editor of The Enzymes (1971–90)
Spouse	Lyda Whicker
Awards	Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1955) Guggenheim Fellow (1955) Tolman Award (1981) Nobel Prize (1997) Seaborg Medal (1998)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Biochemistry Molecular biology
Institutions	Stanford University (1943–45) University of Minnesota (St. Paul, 1945–46) University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, 1956–63) UCLA (1963–90) UCLA Molecular Biology Institute (1965–83) UC Program for Research and Training in Biotechnology (1985–89)

Paul Delos Boyer (July 31, 1918 – June 2, 2018) was an American biochemist, analytical chemist, and a professor of chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)" (ATP synthase) with John E. Walker, making Boyer the first Utah-born Nobel laureate; the remainder of the Prize in that year was awarded to Danish chemist Jens Christian Skou for his discovery of the Na+/K+-ATPase.^[1]