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	Carl Djerassi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl Djerassi (born October 29, 1923 in Vienna, Austria), is a chemist and playwright best known for his contribution to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (OCP).
		He perceived the pill as a huge impact on the social processes of women and men, which to a significant extent is influenced through the sociobiology of sexual reproduction.
		Born in Vienna to a Jewish family, Djerassi fled to Bulgaria in 1939, in order to escape the Nazi regime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Djerassi (403 words)

	Encyclopedia: Carl Djerassi
		Carl Djerassi is a chemist and playwright who is best known for his contribution to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (OCP).
		Djerassi was born in Vienna, Austria on 29 October 1923.
		Djerassi is not a novelist, and would not get published as such if he were not such a distinguished scientist.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Carl-Djerassi (1024 words)

	Invent Now \| Hall of Fame \| Search \| Inventor Profile
		Carl Djerassi is recognized for his breakthroughs in chemistry and for his effective translation of theory into practice.
		Born in Vienna, Austria, Djerassi graduated from Kenyon College with an A.B. degree (Organic Chemistry) in 1942 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1945.
		Djerassi is widely known for his contributions to synthetic organic chemistry and to physical methods of determining organic molecular structure, his effectiveness in translating scientific knowledge into technological practice, and his efforts to promote international scientific cooperation.
	www.invent.org /hall_of_fame/44.html (188 words)

	Carl Djerassi: The Steroid King - George B. and Laurie M. Kauffman
		The man largely responsible for this profound and revolutionary development is a trim, five-foot-seven, handsome, distinguished-looking man with a meticulously groomed white beard and mustache, a wavy, leonine shock of white hair, and somewhat melancholy, dark eyes that bespeak a familiarity with suffering and a deep desire to be understood.
		Carl Djerassi's mellifluous voice and slight accent, which he characterizes as "German-Slavic," betray the fact that he first learned English at the American College in Sofia, Bulgaria.
		Djerassi's name is virtually synonymous with the first and most widely used oral contraceptive agent, norethindrone, which he synthesized.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1992/july/Sa20296.htm (262 words)

	Profile: Carl Djerassi
		Energetic and demanding, Djerassi cultivates a sophisticated reserve (even doctoral students are not invited to call him Carl) and has a weakness for elegant ascots and silk shirts.
		By the time he and Middlebrook were reunited a year later (their marriage, in 1985, was his third), Djerassi’s literary revenge had resulted in a stack of poems and a 331-page roman à clef, Middles, "about the terrible lapse of amorous judgment by an elegant feminist." Middlebrook says she was "very annoyed" by the novel.
		Djerassi is a proto-feminist whose thinking has been influenced by Middlebrook, a professor of English and ex-chair of feminist studies at Stanford.
	www.stanfordalumni.org /news/magazine/1998/novdec/articles/djerassi.html (2850 words)

	JCE 2002 (79) 436 [Apr] Oxygen (by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann)
		The second is an imaginary meeting of Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Joseph Priestley, and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and their wives--or in the case of Scheele, his housekeeper and future wife--in Stockholm in 1777 at an event where the King of Sweden will honor one of them for the discovery of oxygen.
		Djerassi and Hoffmann use the same device to bring the three "discoverers" of oxygen together to present their individual claims to priority, an issue being simultaneously debated by the Nobel committee in 2000.
		Djerassi and Hoffmann have each discussed many of the themes that run through this play in their other writings.
	jchemed.chem.wisc.edu /Journal/Issues/2002/Apr/abs436_1.html (881 words)

	CALCULUS by Carl Djerassi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For a week in Mai 2005 the old lecture theatre of the TCD Physics Department was transformed into a candle-lit stage to rehash an old scientific (and philosophical) debate from a slightly new angle.
		Newton's and Leibnitz' voices arose once again in a play-in-a-play-in-a-play by Carl Djirassi (the father of the contraceptive pill) to elaborate on the fundamental question of what it means to be "first" in science (or more specifically, who invented "Calculus").
		Djerassi himself was there to witness and contribute to this attempt of bridging the gap between the scientific and artistic approach to an understanding of our world.
	www.maths.tcd.ie /~wiebke/PHYSICsART/CALCULUS/Calculus.htm (179 words)

	Max Planck Society - Carl Djerassi: Sex in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Djerassi, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Stanford University, will give a talk on "Sex in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction" in the MPI-CBG auditorium.
		Djerassi is most well known for his pioneering development of the human contraceptive Pill in the 1950's; more recently he has written several fictional works discussing, among other topics, the influence of modern biomedical research on society, and vice-versa.
		The Dresden Forum on Science and Society was established as an integral component of the activities of the institute to foster an informed and multidisciplinary discussion of the social, economic and political impact of modern life sciences.
	www.mpg.de /english/illustrationsDocumentation/events/eventsCalendar/mole_zellbiologie_genetik/veranstaltung/index.html (158 words)

	JCE 1998 (75) 1096 [Sep] Menachem's Seed (by Carl Djerassi)
		Djerassi lucidly explains this treatment for male infertility, a field relatively ignored compared to male contraception, and uses the name of its inventor, the Belgian scientist Andre C. Van Steirteghem, for one of his cameo characters.
		In preparation for writing the book Djerassi interviewed a large number of scientists, clinicians, rabbis, and authorities in diverse fields, as well as colleagues and students in various countries.
		The dialogue flows easily and naturally, the plot is complex and absorbing, and his characters, particularly the women, are fully developed individuals about whom we grow to care and with whom we come to empathize (even though the heroine, Melanie, is a trickster).
	www.jce.divched.org /Journal/Issues/1998/Sep/abs1096.html (618 words)

	Biography – Carl Djerassi
		Djerassi has published over twelve hundred articles and seven monographs dealing with the chemistry of natural products (steroids, alkaloids, antibiotics, lipids, and terpenoids), and with applications of physical measurements (notably optical rotatory dispersion, magnetic circular dichroism, and mass spectrometry) and computer artificial intelligence techniques to organic chemical problems.
		In medicinal chemistry he was associated with the initial developments in the fields of oral contraceptives (Norethindrone), antihistamines (Pyribenzamine) and topical corticosteroids (Synalar).
		For the first synthesis of a steroid contraceptive, Djerassi received the National Medal of Science (1973), the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1978), and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1978).
	www.chemweb.ucc.ie /news/Outline%20Biography%20-%20Carl%20Djerassi.htm (477 words)

	The Revolutionaries: Carl Djerassi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was there, in 1951, that Djerassi directed the synthesis of the first oral contraceptive for women and became known throughout the world as the "father of the birth- control pill."
		Djerassi also runs The Djerassi Resident Artists Program near Woodside, which provides residencies and studio space for artists in the visual arts, literature, choreography and music.
		Djerassi: I have probably met them, but I did not know that, because they must be so rare that they just simply escaped my attention.
	www.thetech.org /revolutionaries/djerassi/i_a.html (1474 words)

	Nobel Prize turns 100: Play by Carl Djerassi offers caricature of Nobel Prize selection process
		This date coincided with the opening of the national spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego on the occasion of its 125th anniversary, and the audience was packed with members of that field.
		Oxygen was written by two world-famous chemists, Carl Djerassi of Stanford and Roald Hoffmann of Cornell University; both have increasingly pursued literary work after receiving almost all the accolades possible in their respective research fields.
		Djerassi and Hoffmann capture and amplify the moral dilemma of whether Lavoisier gave sufficient credit to those whose work he used to overthrow the theory of phlogiston.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/report/news/october3/nobel-oxygen103.html (1163 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Djerassi was trained as a chemist (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,1945), and specialized in research.
		In 1951, Djerassi directed the synthesis of the first oral contraceptive for women and became known throughout the world as, “The Father of the Pill.” Other work led to the production of antihistamines and anti-inflammatory agents.
		Most recently, Djerassi has turned from practicing chemistry to writing books, publishing short stories, poems, a scientific autobiography, a collection of memoirs and several novels.
	faculty.fullerton.edu /cmcconnell/491/AP/Djerassi.html (138 words)

	BBC Radio 4 - Factual - Desert Island Discs - 20 October 2002
		Carl Djerassi was born in Vienna to an Austrian mother and Bulgarian father.
		It was realised that it could be used as a contraceptive but, as Carl says: "in the 1950s contraception was not high on the priority list.
		Carl spent the next few years working in research and universities.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20021020.shtml (555 words)

	Reporter: Carl Djerassi
		The honorarium money was spent instead on purchasing 500 copies of Djerassi's novels, which were handed out, free of charge, to the people who came to hear him speak.
		You see, Carl Djerassi is very much a man who wants his works to be read.
		Djerassi can describe the details of scientists' lives with the rare authority of someone who is, himself, a top scientist.
	www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca /Rep/r3110/djerassi.html (644 words)

	The Tech \| Teach \| Interview: Carl Djerassi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1951, Djerassi directed the synthesis of the first oral contraceptive for women and became known throughout the world as the "father of the birth-control pill."
		For this achievement he received the National Medal of Science, the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
		Most recently, Djerassi has turned from practicing chemistry to writing books, publishing a collection of short stories, poems, a scientific autobiography, a collection of memoirs and several novels.
	secure.thetech.org /people/interviews/carl.html (1260 words)

	The Dennis Rosen Memorial Trust: Events and Reports: Carl Djerassi, 2000
		The key themes of Professor Djerassi's speech were subsequently incorporated into chapter 11 of "This Man's Pill" by Carl Djerassi (Oxford University Press, 2001), and have been adapted further for an essay on Carl Djerassi's website.
		The main speaker was Carl Djerassi, the eminent chemist and writer.
		It is hoped that Carl Djerassi's speech will be circulated in full, although he has said that he will have to see how this can be resolved given that he wants to include it in his next book.
	www.rosentrust.org.uk /events_reports_2000.html (762 words)

	This Man's Pill -- Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill -- Carl Djerassi
		Carl Djerassi has been honored world-wide for that accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were not foreseeable.
		On the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event, Djerassi weaves a compelling personal narrative full of self-reflection and occasional humour on the impact this invention has had on the world at large and on him personally.
		Djerassi does not shrink from exploring why we have no Pill for men or why Japan only approved the Pill in 1999 (together with Viagra).
	www.frontlist.com /detail/0198508727 (282 words)

	Heritage Day AIC Gold Medal Carl Djerassi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Honored by CHF with the Othmer Gold Medal in 2000, Carl Djerassi is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology.
		Djerassi currently writes fiction, mostly in the genre of “science-in-fiction,” to illustrate the human side of scientists and the personal conflicts faced by scientists in their quest for scientific knowledge, personal recognition, and financial rewards.
		Djerassi is emeritus professor of chemistry at Stanford University.
	www.chemheritage.org /events/event-heritage2004aic.htm (275 words)

	Prof. Carl Djerassi, Ph.D.
		The recipient of numerous scientific honors, he is one of the few Americans to have received both the National Medal of Science (for creating the first steroid oral contraceptive) and the National Medal of Technology (for promoting new approaches to insect control).
		Djerassi has also been awarded 17 honorary doctorates and many other prestigious honors, such as the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application of Science from the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Chemical Society’s highest award, the Priestly Medal.
		His Djerassi Resident Artists Program, founded in 1982, has assisted more than 1000 persons in the visual arts, literature, choreography, performing arts and music.
	www.pharmanex.com /au/about/djerassi.shtml (159 words)

	UAF Newsroom: Father of "the Pill" Carl Djerassi to Give Public Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Djerassi, professor of chemistry with Stanford University will present a public lecture dealing with the human side of science and the desire for personal recognition.
		Djerassi has authored more than 1,200 scientific publications and seven monographs and received the National Medal of Science in 1973 for the first synthesis of, "the Pill," a steroid oral contraceptive.
		He was also awarded the National Medal of Technology in 1991 for promoting new approaches to insect control.
	www.uaf.edu /news/a_news/20020912183212.html (201 words)

	Cantor's Dilemma by Carl Djerassi, Search Cheap Books, Discount Books, ISBN 0385261837
		Although Djerassi does not convince the reader that a prestigious prize can be awarded on such shakyground, his scientific morality play works well nonetheless.
		Djerassi (The Futurist and Other Stories), a professor of chemistry at Stanford, received the National Medal of Science for his synthesis of the first oral contraceptive.
		Of course, the temptation is always to dramatize (or satirize) that which one knows best, and with English faculty more prone to writing novels than are scientists, the scarcity of novels about physics, chemisty, or biology should come as little surprise.
	www.comparebookprices.ca /book_detail/0385261837 (837 words)

	Djerassi Resident Artists Program
		With the renovation of structures on a nearby ranch into fully operational living quarters and studio spaces, the project was transformed into a comprehensive residency program.
		Today the Djerassi Resident Artists Program operates as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a governing board of 23 trustees.
		The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is one of the original eighteen American organizations of its sort selected to be a founding member of the Alliance of Artists' Communities, a natiowide consortium and professional organization for the field, formed in September 1992.
	www.djerassi.org /history.html (273 words)

	Carl Djerassi
		Carl Djerassi - Djerassi, Carl, 1929–, American organic chemist and educator, b.
		Carl Djerassi from pill to quill: an award-winning chemist takes his science to the stage.
		The Deborah Ross Interview: Sex and the single chemist; Carl Djerassi invented the Pill 50 years ago.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0767153.html (172 words)

	Special Event: Oxygen, A play by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann
		Oxygen evolved from discussions between Hoffmann and Djerassi about a historical coincidence: In 1774, Joseph Priestley was a guest in Antoine Lavoisier's home, and the English minister described how he had made oxygen.
		Hoffmann and Djerassi take the facts to develop a fictional encounter between the three claimants, bringing all three men and their wives together, at the invitation of King Gustav III, to Stockholm in 1777.
		The rest of the play shifts between the 18th-century characters, their process of science, politics and ambitions, and the Nobel committee's 21st century sensibilities as they argue about which of these men should be awarded the first "retro" Nobel Prize for chemistry.
	www.djerassi.com /oxygen11/oxygen.htm (436 words)

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