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Faculty members who strongly influenced the early development of the teaching of physiological chemistry in the medical school in the predepartment period were Jacques Loeb (professor of physiology, 1903-1910) and Alonzo E. Taylor (professor of pathology, 1899-1910).
Between 1903 and 1916, physiological chemistry, later changed in name to biochemistry, was taught in the physiology department. Prior to this, lectures on chemistry were included in the medical curriculum as early as 1874. This was changed over the years from general chemistry to clinical chemistry and by 1903 to chemical physiology. The course in physiological Chemistry achieved essentially its mid-1960's state in 1912.
Between 1906 and 1958, biochemistry, along with other first-year medical subjects, was taught on the Berkeley campus. In 1958, it moved to quarters in San Francisco.
The development of graduate study in biochemistry started slowly but grew steadily. Authorization to offer the master's and doctor of philosophy degrees appeared to date from 1916. The first Ph.D. degree was conferred in 1917 to the late Professor John A. Marshall. With the growth of the University the enrollment of graduate students increased at an accelerated rate. By the mid-1960's, about 150 Ph.D. degrees had been awarded in biochemistry from this department. A gratifying number of these graduates achieved distinction in their scientific and academic careers. New departments of biochemistry were established on the Berkeley and Davis campuses as outgrowths of this, the parent department.
With the growing importance of graduate study in biochemistry, various advanced courses were established for the academic preparation of students in the ever-growing body of biochemical knowledge. source
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