Claude Fromageot 



1899-1958 



It is with profound regret that we have to record the untimely death on 

 January 10th, 1958 of Professor Claude Fromageot, whose contribution to 

 the Protein Symposium appears in this volume. Fromageot was Secretary 

 of the Biological Section of I.U.P.A.C., and with Professor Jean Roche 

 contributed a great deal to the success of the Symposium. By his death, 

 France has lost one of her leading biochemists, who was known internation- 

 ally for his distinguished work in many fields, and whose eminence was 

 achieved by the most selfless and disciplined devotion to his researches. 

 These are notable not only for their quality but also for their unusual variety, 

 ranging from structural aspects of protein chemistry — exemplified by papers 

 on vasopressin, ovomucoid and lysozyme — to pioneer work on sulphur 

 raetaboUsm and the stability of enzymes. In addition to the responsibiHties 

 incurred by his duties as Professor of Biological Chemistry in the Faculty of 

 Science at the Sorbonne and the guidance of several teams working under 

 him, he found time to contribute most valuable review articles, of which 

 perhaps that with Bricas on 'Naturally occurring peptides' is outstanding. 



The loss to biochemistry is great, but even greater to those who knew him 

 is the loss of a colleague whose integrity was a shining example to all. 



