Smokejumper Obituary: Pappenhagen, Albert R. (Missoula 1947)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Al, 87, died June 20, 2016, in Pleasant Hill, California. He graduated with a BA in Chemistry from the University of Idaho and received his PhD in biochemistry from Purdue University in 1959. During the next three years in Chicago, he was involved in human plasma research. After moving to California in 1962, he began his research on Hemophilia at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley. His big breakthrough came in 1964 when research that he developed resulted in the creation of the medicine that hemophiliacs use today. Al's work was patented. Al jumped at Missoula during the 1947-48 seasons.

Identifier

Pappenhagen_Albert-R_Missoula_1947

Publication Date

July 2016

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Pappenhagen, Albert R. (Missoula 1947)" (2016). Smokejumper Obituaries. 671.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/671