The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal. Paul D. Boyer blockbrighambyu Change image and share on social
A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement. Paul D. Boyer accurateanalysisappreciation Change image and share on social
It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams. Paul D. Boyer basketballcollegeearly Change image and share on social
Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures. Paul D. Boyer adventurecarday Change image and share on social
The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment. Paul D. Boyer environmentexcitementmetabolism Change image and share on social
The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department. Paul D. Boyer acceptassistantbiochemistry Change image and share on social
If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. Paul D. Boyer agonybasiccancer Change image and share on social
I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information. Paul D. Boyer basechoiceinformation Change image and share on social
In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department. Paul D. Boyer biochemistrychemistryconsist Change image and share on social
Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not been fulfilled in the sense that my accomplishments remain more at the basic than the applied level. Paul D. Boyer accomplishmentapplybasic Change image and share on social