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{{Short description|American biochemist (1914–2010)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Robert H. Burris
| image =
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| birth_date = April 13, 1914
| birth_place = [[Brookings, South Dakota]], U.S.
| death_date = {{ddadeath date and age|2010|5|11|1914|4|13}}
| nationality = [[United States]]
| field = [[Biochemistry]]
| work_placesworkplaces = [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]
| alma_mater = [[South Dakota State University]]
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = [[Nitrogen fixation]] research
| prizes = [[National Medal of Science]] (1979)<br />[[John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science|John J. Carty Award]] (1984)<br />[[Wolf Prize in Agriculture]] (1985)
}}
 
'''Robert H. Burris''' (April 13, 1914 – May 11, 2010) was a professor in the [[Biochemistry]] Department at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]].<ref name="biochem">{{cite web|url=http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/burris/default.aspx |title=Robert H Burris Faculty Page |date=21 February 2008 |publisher=Department of Biochemistry |accessdateaccess-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610135443/http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/burris/default.aspx |archive-date=10 June 2010 }}</ref> He was elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 1961.<ref name="Chet">{{cite book|last=Chet|first=Ilan|title=Wolf Prize in Agriculture|publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company|date=December 24, 2009|pages=245–250|isbn=978-981-283-584-0|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=1v2vJmdAj84C&pg=PT259&lpg=PT259&dq=robert+h+burris+wisconsin&source=bl&ots=wdZQ2dq6r7&sig=lERoQYy3CJgWJ0xDSsr90MxyD |access-I&hl=en&ei=KO5US_aaDIW1tgfwnr2tDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=robert%20h%20burris%20wisconsin&f=false|accessdatedate=19 January 2010}}</ref> Research in Burris's lab focused on [[enzyme]] reaction mechanisms,<ref name="biochem" /> and he made significant contributions to our knowledge of [[nitrogen fixation]].<ref name="Chet" /><ref name="Evans">{{cite book|last=Evans|first= Harold|author2=Robert H. Burris |title=Biological Nitrogen Fixation|editor= Gary Stacey |publisher=Springer|date=April 30, 1992|isbn=978-0-412-02421-4|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=TNpD9X-8TSsC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Robert+H.+Burris&source=bl&ots=Vje1mlFFuu&sig=O-znNtuR0vPKLdWtHIjGljkGhNk&hl=en&ei=WwlVS-jMENOUtgeeyZ2kCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Robert%20H.%20Burris&f=false }}</ref>
 
==Education==
Born in [[Brookings, South Dakota]],<ref>[httphttps://webcacheweb.googleusercontentarchive.comorg/web/20111209035525/search?q=cache:xRRMf6bgmm8J:http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/senate/2010/1206/2227(mem_res).pdf+%22Robert+H.+Burris%22+born&hl=en&ct=clnk Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the death of Professor Emeritus Robert H. Burris]</ref> Burris earned his B.S. degree in Chemistrychemistry at [[South Dakota State University]] in 1936 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1940.<ref name="biochem" />
 
==Career==
He did postdoctoral research with [[Harold Urey]] at [[Columbia University]], and later moved back to [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], eventually becoming a professor in the Biochemistrybiochemistry Departmentdepartment. He was chairman of the Departmentdepartment from 1958 to 1970.<ref name="biochem" /> He retired from active research in 1984, having trained more than 70 doctoral research students.<ref name="Mitchell"/>
 
He died in 2010 aged 96.<ref name="Mitchell">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.wisc.edu/18085|title=Noted UW-Madison biochemist Robert Burris dies at 96|last=Mitchell|first=Bob |date=May 12, 2010|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison News|accessdateaccess-date=12 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="Derby">{{cite news|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/article_0ecd12fc-5e17-11df-b9a5-001cc4c03286.html|title=World-renowned UW-Madison biochemist Robert H. Burris dies at 96|last=Derby|first=Samara Kalk|date=May 12, 2010|publisher=madison.com|accessdateaccess-date=13 May 2010}}</ref>
 
==Awards and distinctions==
*1961 – Elected to the National Academy of Sciences<ref name="Chet" />
*1975 – Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdateaccess-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>
*1979 – Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Robert+H.+Burris&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
*1979 – [[National Medal of Science]]<ref name="Ohio">{{cite web|url=http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/osu_and_ohio/medalofscience.html|title=National Medal of Science Recipients 1962-200x|date=9 December 2008 |accessdateaccess-date=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="NationalMedals">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmedals.org/medals/1979.php |title=1979 National Medal of Science |year=2009 |publisher=National Science and Technology Medals Foundation |accessdateaccess-date=19 January 2010 |location=Washington, DC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716100903/http://www.nationalmedals.org/medals/1979.php |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>
*1984 – [[John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science|John J. Carty Award]] of the National Academy of Sciences in agricultural science<ref name=Carty>{{cite web|title=John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_carty |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |accessdateaccess-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229180532/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_carty |archive-date=29 December 2010 }}</ref>
*1985 – [[Wolf Prize in Agriculture|Wolf Award]] in agriculture<ref name="Chet" />
*1989 – Kenneth A. Spencer Award for Meritorious Achievement in Agricultural and Food Chemistry<ref name="UMKC">{{cite web|url=http://cas.umkc.edu/chem/kcacs/spencer/pastwinners/pastwinners.html |title=Past Winners of the Spencer Award |publisher=University of Missouri–Kansas City |accessdateaccess-date=19 January 2010}} {{Dead|url-status=dead link|datearchive-url=Octoberhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090618065450/http://cas.umkc.edu/chem/kcacs/spencer/pastwinners/pastwinners.html 2010|botarchive-date=H3llBotJune 18, 2009 }}</ref>
* Recognized as a Pioneer Member of the [[American Society of Plant Biologists]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://aspb.org/membership/aspb-pioneer-members/ | title=ASPB Pioneer Members }}</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist|30emreflist}}
 
{{Winners of the National Medal of Science|biological}}
{{Wolf Prize in Agriculture}}
 
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| NAME = Burris, Robert H.
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION =American biochemist
| DATE OF BIRTH =April 13, 1914
| PLACE OF BIRTH =Brookings, South Dakota
| DATE OF DEATH =May 11, 2010
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:GuggenheimPeople Fellowsfrom Brookings, South Dakota]]
[[Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society]]
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