Sterling Professor Richards, MB&B pioneer, passes away at 83
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Frederic Richards died over the weekend of natural causes. He was 83 years old.
Richards, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and long one of the nation’s foremost researchers in the fields of protein structure and chemistry, led the integration of Yale’s biophysics and biochemistry departments into the MB&B major in 1963.
“He was a pillar in the Yale scientific community,” said fellow Sterling Professor of MB&B Thomas Steitz. “He was principally responsible for making structural biology at Yale...
