George Rosenkranz
George Rosenkranz (born György Rosenkranz; 20 August 1916 – 23 June 2019)[2] was a Hungarian-born Mexican scientist in the field of steroid chemistry. He used native Mexican plant sources as raw materials.[3] He was born in Hungary, studied in Switzerland and emigrated to the Americas to escape the Nazis, eventually settling in Mexico.[3][4]
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 George Rosenkranz receiving the Biotechnology Heritage Award in Chicago, 2013 | |
| Born | 20 August 1916 |
| Died | 23 June 2019 (aged 102) |
| Nationality | Mexican[1] |
| Known for | Synthesis of norethisterone, the first orally highly active progestin, used in one of the first oral contraceptive pills |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
Rosenkranz died on 23 June 2019 in Atherton, California, United States. He was 102.[5]
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George Rosenkranz HD2004 Winthrop-Sears Medal
George Rosenkranz (right) and Luis E. Miramontes (left), 2001 at UNAM, in Mexico City
Edith and George Rosenkranz, 2004
References
- ↑ "La píldora anticonceptiva, ¿es de 'padres' mexicanos?". Excélsior. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
Rosenkranz se nacionalizó mexicano, siguió trabajando en Syntex por muchos años, actualmente vive en México y tiene 98 años.
- ↑ "George Rosenkranz (Oral History)". Chemical Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ness, Roberta B. (2013). Genius unmasked. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 9780199976591.
- ↑ Cohen, Gerald S. (2002). "Mexico's Pill Pioneer". Perspectives in Health Magazine: The Magazine of the Pan American Health Organization. 7 (1). Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ The New York Times (23 June 2019). George Rosenkranz, a Developer of the Birth Control Pill, Dies at 102. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/obituaries/george-rosenkranz-dies-at-102.html.