andrew, moyer, november, 1899, february, 1959, american, microbiologist, researcher, usda, northern, regional, research, laboratory, peoria, illinois, group, responsible, development, techniques, mass, production, penicillin, this, wide, scale, penicillin, wor. Andrew J Moyer November 30 1899 February 17 1959 was an American microbiologist He was a researcher at the USDA Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria Illinois His group was responsible for the development of techniques for the mass production of penicillin This led to the wide scale use of penicillin in World War II 1 2 Moyer was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1987 1 A scholarship fund was created in his name at the University of Maryland in 1977 3 Andrew J MoyerBorn30 November 1899 Van Buren Township Died17 February 1959 aged 59 Bay Pines Alma materWabash College OccupationMycologist AwardsNational Inventors Hall of Fame 1987 Early life and education editMoyer was born in Star City Indiana He graduated from Wabash College with an A B in 1922 North Dakota Agricultural College with an M S in 1925 University of Maryland with a Ph D in 1929 1 References edit a b c Andrew J Moyer National Inventors Hall of Fame Archived from the original on February 2 2017 Retrieved March 18 2017 The Rescue Of Penicillin United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved March 18 2017 Andrew J Moyer Fund University of Maryland Retrieved March 18 2017 nbsp nbsp This article about a biologist from the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew J Moyer amp oldid 1140355249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
