Frank B. Colton
Frank Benjamin Colton (March 3, 1923 – November 25, 2003),
G. D. Searle & Company in Skokie, Illinois
in 1952.
Biography
Frank B. Colton was born in
Edward C. Kendall to develop an improved synthesis of cortisone
.
In 1951 he joined Searle as a senior research chemist. In 1952 Colton synthesized the progestin noretynodrel (an
Demulen. Colton retired from Searle in 1986 as research adviser. In 1988 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
.
References
- Maisel, Albert Q. (1965). The Hormone Quest. New York: Random House.
- Petrow, Vladimir (1970). "The contraceptive progestagens". PMID 4098492.
- National Inventors Hall of Fame (1988). "Inventor Profile: Frank B. Colton". Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- Colton, Frank B. (1992). "Steroids and "the pill": early steroid research at Searle". Steroids. 57 (12): 624–30. S2CID 28718601.
- obituary (Nov 26, 2003). "Colton, Frank B.". Chicago Tribune. p. 10.
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