Frank L. Douglas
Born (1943-04-30) April 30, 1943
Georgetown, Guyana
Alma mater
  • Lehigh University (BS)
  • Cornell University (PhD, MD)
Scientific career
FieldsPharmaceuticals
Websitefreemanblackstream.com

Frank Lennox Douglas (born April 30, 1943) is a Guyanese-American biomedical researcher and business executive.

Education and career

Douglas was born April 30, 1943, in Georgetown, Guyana. He graduated with a BS in Engineering from Lehigh University in 1966.[1] He went on to a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cornell University, which he received at the beginning of 1973, with a thesis on chlorophyll-a.[2] After a brief stint working at Xerox,[3] Douglas moved to New York City to pursue a medical degree from the Cornell University Medical School.[1] After finishing the MD, Douglas completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health.[1]

Following his fellowship, Douglas took a position as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, in which role he remained for 5 years.[3] At this time, he also began work at the pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy.[3] In 1992, he moved as an executive vice president to Marion Merrell Dow, where he remained as it was acquired and changed names to Hoechst Marion Roussel, and later to Aventis.[3][4]

In 2005, Douglas left Aventis and took a position as a professor of the practice at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was involved in founding the Center for Biomedical Innovation.[3][5][6] After 2 years at MIT, he resigned over concerns about institutional racism, particularly regarding the tenure-denial of James Sherley.[5][7][8][9]

In 2009, Douglas moved to Akron, Ohio, to serve as president and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute.[10][11][12] He left the institute at the beginning of 2015.[10][13]

Douglas published an autobiography in 2018, titled Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream.

Books

  • Douglas, Frank L. (2018). Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4809-9481-2.[14]

Honors and awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Frank L. Douglas". Engineering. Alumni Heritage Initiative. Lehigh University. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ Douglas, Frank Lennox (January 1973). Some photoelectric properties of chlorophyll-a aggregates (PhD thesis). Cornell University.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "About / Curriculum Vitae". Frank L. Douglas. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "The End (and the Beginning) is Near". Forbes. August 22, 1999. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (June 8, 2007). "News of the Week | MIT Colleague Quits to Protest Sherley Dismissal". Science. 316 (5830): 1405. doi:10.1126/science.316.5830.1405. PMID 17556555. S2CID 153467729.
  6. ↑ "People - Frank L. Douglas, Ph.D., M.D." MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation. Archived from the original on March 26, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  7. ↑ Smallwood, Scott (June 4, 2007). "MIT Professor Resigns to Protest Treatment of Hunger-Striking Colleague". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  8. ↑ Schworm, Peter (June 4, 2007). "MIT Center Director Resigns In Protest Of Tenure Decision". Boston Globe. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ Schaffer, Amanda (October 20, 2020). "The long path to inclusivity". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Akron BioInnovation Institute's leader stepping down at end of year". Akron Beacon Journal. November 26, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  11. ↑ Douglas, F. (2009). "An Audience With | Frank Douglas". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 8 (11): 840. doi:10.1038/nrd3047. ISSN 1474-1776. PMID 19876037. S2CID 6930338.
  12. 1 2 "Dr. Frank Douglas". Akron Life. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  13. ↑ Soder, Chuck (October 25, 2015). "Austen BioInnovation Institute shrinks, regroups". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  14. ↑ Reviews of Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream:
  15. ↑ Maxmen, Amy (November 16, 2010). "Scientists as rock stars?". The Scientist. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Douglas receives Black History Maker award". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. March 26, 2007.
  17. ↑ "Verleihung von Ehrendoktorwürde, Fachbereichsplakette und Promotionspreis" (PDF). Uni-Klinik Aktuell. Goethe University Frankfurt. 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
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