August 16, 1999

Accolades

Professor emeritus receives award for work in plant physiology

By Tim Stephens

Professor emeritus of biology Harry Beevers received the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award from the American Society of Plant Physiologists at the society's annual meeting in July. This award, established in 1925, recognizes meritorious work in plant physiology and provides life membership in the society.

As one of the leading plant physiologists of the 20th century, Beevers made major contributions to the understanding of plant metabolism and plant cell biology. Beevers and his coworkers worked out certain key pathways of plant metabolism and showed the locations of key enzymes for the conversion of fats to carbohydrates in fatty seed tissues. This discovery led others to discover leaf peroxisomes and stimulated further understanding of the role of peroxisomes in animals.

Beevers served as president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists in 1961 and received the society's Stephen Hales Award in 1971. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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