Dr. Gerald F Doebbler was a chemist who was a senior research scientist for Union Carbide when it was one of the biggest chemical companies in the world and latera Professor of Chemistry at Incarnate Word University in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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He lived in San Antonio, Texas in retirement, reading, traveling and following issues like climate change and environmental modification.
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Dr. Doebbler was a renown science writer whose works on cryobiology and biochemistry remain among some of the most important works in their respective fields today.
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He received his degrees, including his Ph.D., in Chemistry from the University of Texas where he studied under Professor Roger J. Williams. Professor Williams' work was well-known in the areas of nutrition, biochemical individuality, and Pantothenic acid (also known as pantothenate or vitamin B5, a vitamin which Professor Williams discovered). Dr. Williams' work is recognized as among the 'ground breaking' work in these fields. Dr. Doebbler's Ph.D. was on biochemical individuality.
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Today there is a scholarship at Brackenridge High School named after Dr. Gerald F. Doebbler for students interested in studying chemistry in university.