Daniel L. Simmons [SEP] educated at
Daniel L. Simmons
Daniel L. Simmons is a professor of chemistry and former director of the Cancer Research Center at Brigham Young University (BYU). He was the discoverer of the COX-2 enzyme that is the target of celecoxib (Celebrex) and other COX-2 inhibitors. He and BYU felt that Pfizer had not properly credited or paid them for Simmons work in this development and brought a suit against Pfizer.
In 2014, the Cancer Research Center at Brigham Young University was renamed The Simmons Center for Cancer Research in his honor after
Charles L. Purce
Charles L. Purce (July 4, 1856 – August 7, 1905) was an educator in Louisville, Kentucky and Selma, Alabama. He was a leader in the Baptist church and president of Selma University and Simmons College of Kentucky, both Baptist institutions.
Early life.
Charles L. Purce was born in July 4, 1856 to Ellen and William Purce in Charleston, South Carolina. He was educated at public and private schools and attended high school in Charleston. He converted to the Baptist religion