Elkan Blout

Elkan Rogers Blout (July 2, 1919 – December 20, 2006)^[2] was a biochemist at Polaroid Corporation, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University.^[3][4]

Elkan R. Blout
Born	(1919-07-02)July 2, 1919 Manhattan, New York, US[1]
Died	December 20, 2006(2006-12-20) (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts, US
Education	Princeton University (BA), Columbia University (PhD)
Known for	Studies of protein conformation
Awards	National Medal of Science
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Polaroid Corporation, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University
Thesis	Studies on lactones related to the cardiac aglycones
Doctoral advisor	Robert Elderfield
Other academic advisors	Louis Fieser Robert Burns Woodward
Doctoral students	John Markley Lila Gierasch Gideon Dreyfuss

Blout received his BA in chemistry in 1939 from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in 1942 from Columbia University.^[5]

Blout was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1969.^[3] In 1990, he was awarded the National Medal of Science "for his pioneering studies of protein conformation and devotion to the scientific enterprise of the Nation".^[6]

Blout died in December 2006, in Boston.^[2][7]