People of ASP

John Staba was born in 1928 in NYC, and served in the US Navy (1946-1947). He obtained a B.S. from St. John’s Univ., NYC (1952), an M.S. from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (1954), and his Ph.D. from Univ. Connecticut (UConn, 1957). He taught at Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln (1957-1967) and the Univ. Minnesota (1968-1995), where he is now Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy (and Med. Chem.). From 1974-1976 he was an Assistant Dean for Professional Education. Among several other appointments are Visiting Professor at UConn (1966); National Academy of Science Visiting Scientist to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary (1969); Fulbright Hays Research Fellow to Germany (1970); CSIR Visiting Scientist to India (1973); NASANSF Summer Research Fellow at General Electric, Philadelphia (1976); 84 International Visiting Professor Award, Medical Research Council of Canada (1983); and UK Visiting Fellow to Univ. Manchester (1989). He has served on committees of the APhA, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Amer. Assoc. of Colleges of Pharmacy, and was elected to the US Pharmacopeia Committee of Revision-Natural Products for four consecutive terms (1980-2000). Other services include membership of the NASA Advisory Council on Life Sciences (1984-1987); NSF projects in Pakistan and Egypt; 3 World Bank IX/XVII/USAID projects in Indonesia (1985-1994); Indonesia Workshop on Steroid Biotechnology (1986); NATO Advanced Study Institute Program, Portugal (1987); and a USAID visit to Thailand (1989). His research has covered economically significant plant tissue cultures, aquatic plants, herbal remedies, and pharmacy education, and he has published over 160 papers and four patents, and one book. He is an AAAS Fellow. (EJS)