Maurice M. Rapport

Maurice M. Rapport (né Rapoport) (September 23, 1919 Atlantic City - August 18, 2011) was leading biochemist who described the structure of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT).^[1]

Life

He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, obtained his bachelor's degree at City College in 1940, and earned his doctorate at Caltech in 1946.

He was a researcher for the Cleveland Clinic, with Irvine Page. He was a Fulbright scholar, at Istituto Superiore di Sanità, where he worked with Daniel Bovet. He was a researcher at Columbia University, the Sloan-Kettering Institute, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He retired in 1986.

References

^ "Maurice M. Rapport, Who Studied Serotonin, Dies at 91". New York Times. September 3, 2011.

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Name	Rapport, Maurice M.
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Date of birth	September 23, 1919
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Date of death	August 18, 2011
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