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1919

Earl Reece Stadtman at three.Image Added
Earl Reece Stadtman

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is born in Carrizozo, New Mexico.

1920

Thressa Campbell at three.Image Added
Thressa Campbell

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is born in Sterling, New York.

1936

Thressa in her high school orchestra.Image Added
Thressa in her high school orchestra.

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She is valedictorian of her class.

1937

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Earl leads the school's debating team.Image Added
"Earl—You will someday, no doubt, be a great orator and statesman," says a high school classmate. Earl leads the school's debating team.

1943

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Thressa and Earl are married.Image Added
Thressa and Earl are married.

1949

Thressa and Earl receive their Ph.D.sImage Added
Thressa and Earl receive their Ph.D.

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's from the University of California, Berkeley

1950

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Building 3, circa 1950.Building 3, ca. 1950.Image Added
Thressa and Earl begin to work in Building 3 as members of Christian Anfinsen's laboratory at the National Heart Institute.

1962

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Earl is appointed Chief of the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the National Heart Institute.Image Added
Earl is appointed Chief of the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the National Heart Institute. Thressa, a member of the laboratory from the beginning, becomes a section head in 1974.

1967

The first anaerobic laboratory for biomedical research.Image Added
The first anaerobic laboratory for biomedical research

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is built in NIH's Building 3.

1976

Thressa discovers that selenocysteine is an essential component of a selenium-dependent enzyme.

1979

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Earl receives a National Medal of Science from President CarterImage Added
Earl receives a National Medal of Science, the highest honor accorded to U.S. scientists and engineers by the Federal Government.

1981

The Stadtmans become the fourth married couple to be members of the National Academy of Sciences, with the election of Thressa in 1981. Earl was elected in 1969.

1983

Earl and his coworkers present a paper that demonstrates the relationship between protein oxidation and aging.

1985

Methanospaera stadtmaniae

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scanning electron micrograph of Methanospaera stadtmaniae, round spheres that almost appear cleaved in halfImage Added
Methanospaera stadtmaniae, a microorganism named after Thressa in honor of her contributions to the study of methane biosynthesis.

1988

The "Stadtman" azalea.

The Stadtman Azalea - Large light yellow globe of flowersImage Added
This new azalea is registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in Great Britain, which serves as the International Registration Authority for various kinds of plants, in honor of the Stadtmans' passion for gardening.

2000

Thressa receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Science.
L'Oréal and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) present Thressa with the first Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Science.

2001

Members of the Laboratory of Biochemistry.
Members of the Laboratory of Biochemistry.

From left to right : Geumsoo Kim, Tsyunobu Andoh, Shoshana Bar-Noy, Ephrem Tekle, Wesley Williams, Suofu Qin, Jesus Requena, Boon Chock, Hyung Soon Yim, Hammou Oubrahim, Rodney Levine, Jun Wang, Jeremy Selengut, Ann Ginsburg, Hanne Refsgaard, William Self, Thressa Stadtman, Gerard Lacourciere, Barbara Berlett, Nancy Wehr, Grzegorz Piszczek, Earl Stadtman, Mary Richardson, Moon Bin Yim, Merry Peters, Jinsook Jeong