Infobox Person name Henry Rapoport image Henry Rapoport.jpg image size caption Rapoport in 1985 birth date Nov. 16, 1918 birth place Brooklyn , New York NY death date Mar. 6, 2002 death place Berkeley, California Berkeley , California CA occupation Professor of Chemistry spouse Sonya Rapoport Henry Rapoport November 16, 1918 March 6, 2002 was an internationally renowned organic chemistry organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley . He is widely recognized for his work in the development of the chemical synthesis of biologically important compounds and pharmaceuticals. Henry Rapoport obtained a B.S. in chemistry in 1940, an M.S. in chemistry in 1941, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1943, each from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He then worked at Heyden Chemical Corporation and the National Institutes of Health for several years. In 1946, he became a professor at UC Berkeley where he remained for the rest of his career. In 1989, he retired but continued his research as professor emeritus until his death from pneumonia in 2002. He was particularly noted for the total synthesis of heterocyclic drugs and natural product s, including porphyrin s, camptothecin , saxitoxin , psoralen s, antibiotics, antitumor compounds, and opium alkaloid s such as morphine , codeine , and hydromorphone . His research led to the publication over 400 papers and 33 patents. His discoveries were the scientific foundation for numerous companies that Rapoport helped to start including HRI Research, HRI Associates, Advanced Genetics Research Institute, Cerus Corporation, ChemQuip, and Oncologic. In his honor, UC Berkeley has established the Henry Rapoport Endowed Chair in Organic Chemistry, currently held by John Hartwig. Daniel E. Levy dedicated his recent book, Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry An Easy Approach to Understanding Reaction Mechanisms to Henry Rapoport. Major awards 1955 Guggenheim Fellowship br 1972 Research Achievement A ... more details
Alain Minc is a French people French businessman , political advisor , and author . ref name fpc http fpc.org.uk articles 231 Foreign Policy Centre article ref Biography Alain Minc was born in Paris on April 15, 1949. ref name berggruen http berggruen.org whoweare alain minc Nicolas Berggruen Institute biography ref ref name criteria http www.criteria.com infocorporativa alainminc en.html Criteria CaixaCorp biography ref He is a graduate of the cole nationale sup rieure des mines de Paris and the cole nationale d administration . ref name berggruen ref name criteria ref name businessweek http investing.businessweek.com research stocks people person.asp?personId 8076884&ticker PRS SM&previousCapId 2464187&previousTitle PROMOTORA 20DE 20INFORMACIONES A BusinessWeek biography ref In 1979, he became CEO of Compagnie de Saint Gobain . ref name berggruen ref name criteria In 1986, he became Vice Chairman of CIR International and General Manager of Cerus , non Italian affiliates of Benedetti Group . ref name berggruen ref name criteria In 1991, he founded his own consultancy firm, AM Conseil . ref name fpc He has been the Chairman of Le Monde s supervisory board. ref name fpc ref name criteria ref Catherine Mallaval, Olivier Costemalle, D un revers de Minc , in Lib ration , 29 06 2007 http www.liberation.fr ecrans 0101106368 d un revers de minc ref He sits on the Board of Directors of Criteria CaixaCorp since 2007. ref name criteria He is also a Board member of Prisa , FNAC , Direct Energie , Ingenico , and Yves Saint Laurent brand Yves Saint Laurent . ref name criteria ref name businessweek He has been an advisor to Edouard Balladur , Fran ois Pinault and Vincent Bollor . ref http www.liberation.fr ecrans 0101106363 confit d interets Nicolas Cori, Confit d int r ts , in Lib ration , 29 06 2007 ref He now advises French President Nicolas Sarkozy . ref name pope Les propos d Alain Minc sur le pape font bondir les catholiques , in Le Monde , 26.08.10 http www.lemonde.fr p ... more details
to the same character, the god Cerus , fact that makes their synonymity implausible . ref Cf. Festus s.v. Matrem Matutam ...et in carmine Saliari Cerus manus intelligitur creator bonus p. 109 L ... more details
File Juno sospita pushkin.jpg thumb 250Px Roman statue Juno Sospita. Plaster cast in pushkin museum after original in Vatican museums. Juno IPA la ju no is an Religion in ancient Rome ancient Roman goddess , the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn mythology Saturn and sister but also the wife of the chief god Jupiter mythology Jupiter and the mother of Mars mythology Mars and Vulcan mythology Vulcan . Juno also looked after the women of Rome. ref Corbishley, Mike Ancient Rome Warwick Press 1986 p.62 ref Her Greek equivalent is Hera . As the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman Empire she was called Regina queen and, together with Jupiter and Minerva , was worshipped as a triad on the Capitol Juno Capitolina in Rome. Juno s own warlike aspect among the Romans is apparent in her attire. She often appeared sitting pictured with a peacock ref Rodgers, Nigel Life In Ancient Rome , page 45, Anness Publishing Ltd, 2007. ref armed and wearing a goatskin cloak. The traditional depiction of this warlike aspect was assimilated from the Greek goddess Athena , whose goatskin was called the aegis . Etymology The name Iuno was once thought to be connected to Iove Jove , originally as Diuno and Diove from Diovona . ref P. K. Buttmann Mythologus I Berlin 1828 p. 200 ff. J. A. Hartung Die Religion der R mer II Erlangen 1836 p. 62 L. Preller R mische Mythologie I. ref At the beginning of the 20th century, a derivation was proposed from iuven as in Latin iuvenis , youth , through a syncopated form i n as in i nix , heifer, and i nior , younger . This etymology became widely accepted after it was endorsed by Georg Wissowa . ref G. Wissowa Religion und Kultus der R mer Munich 1912 pp. 181 2, drawing on W. Schulze and W. Otto in 1904 and 1905. Juno would then be a derivate noun in n , rather unusual in the feminine. ref Iuuen is related to Latin aevum and Greek Aeon aion through a common Proto Indo European root Indo European root referring to ... more details
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