Harland G. Wood

Who is Harland G. Wood?

Harland Goff Wood was an American biochemist notable for proving in 1935 that animals, humans and bacteria utilized carbon dioxide. Wood was a recipient of the National Medal of Science. Wood was on the President's Science Advisory Committee under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon. Wood was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Biochemical Society of Japan. He was also first director of the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine and Dean of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.