John R. Sokatch, PhDGeorge Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Service from 1958 to 2006

The Academic Record BS 1950 University of Michigan

PhD 1956 University of Illinois

Research Associate 1956-1958 Washington State University

Assistant Professor of Microbiology OUHSC 1958-1961

Associate Professor of Microbiology 1961-1967

Professor of Microbiology 1967-2006

Professor and Chair of Biochemistry 1984-1991 and Molecular BiologyProfessor of Biochemistry 1992-1999 and Molecular Biology

Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry 2000-2006 and Molecular Biology

The Service Record

Assistant Dean, Graduate College OUHSC 1970-1971

Associate Dean, Graduate College 1971-1977

Associate Director, Research Administration 1973-1977

Interim Dean, College of Pharmacy 1976

Member, Microbiology Physiology and Genetics Study Section,1980-1984; Study Section Chair, 1981-1983; reappointed, 1989-93

Editorial Board member, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1996-1998

The Research Record

65 peer-reviewed publications from 1955 to 2000

Authored 2 books, and edited 5 books

Research related awards including a Fullbright Research Scholarship (1963-64), and a Fogarty Senior Research Fellowship(1979).

Continuous funding from NIH and NSF

Long standing interest in metabolic oxidation of branched chainketo acids in prokaryotes. The latter years devoted to the study ofbranched chain keto acid dehydrogenase in Pseudomonas putida.

The Personal Record

Carol Koch Sokatch

David, Barbara and Karen