photo of Hector F DeLucaHector F. DeLuca
Emeritus Professor 2011-present
Harry Steenbock Research Professor 1965-2011

271A HF DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories
433 Babcock Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1544

Phone: (608) 262-1620

Email: deluca@biochem.wisc.edu

 


Honors & Awards

  • CALS Distinguished Alumni Award – 2009
  • Brian D. Howell Innovation Award, Madison, WI – 2005
  • Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Milwaukee, WI – 2004
  • Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters – 2002
  • Robert G. F. and Hazel T. Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence, UW-Madison – 1998
  • The Kilby Award – Dallas, TX – 1997
  • The Nevada Medal – Desert Research Institute – 1996
  • Fellow, American Institute of Nutrition – 1996
  • First Hans Fisher Visiting Professor – Rutgers University – 1993
  • SmithKline Beecham Clinical Assay Award – 1993
  • Hilldale Award in the Physical Sciences, UW-Madison – 1993
  • Foreign Adjunct Professor, Karolinska Institute, Sweden – 1992
  • Member of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences – 1992
  • Member of the National Task Force on the NIH Strategic Plan – 1992
  • Chair, UIR University Committee – 1991
  • The Rank Prize, London – 1988
  • Spencer Award, American Chemical Society, Kansas City Section – 1987
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, UW-Madison – 1987
  • Ray and Robert Kroc Lecturer, Harvard Medical School – 1986
  • Distinguished Achievement Award from the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine – 1986
  • Pfizer Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA – 1986
  • Reilly Lectureship, Notre Dame, Indiana – 1985
  • William F. Neuman Award from The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research – 1985
  • Honorary Degree Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden – 1985
  • Bolton L. Corson Medal of The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA – 1985
  • Roger J. Williams Award in Preventive Nutrition, Fort Worth, TX – 1984
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nutrition Research – 1983
  • 3M Life Sciences Award of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology – 1983
  • Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor – 1982
  • Sandoz Lectureship, Canadian Society of Endocrinology, Quebec City – 1982
  • William C. Rose Award, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – 1982
  • R. A. Morton Lecturer of The Biochemical Society – 1981
  • Honorary Degree Doctor of Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,WI – 1980
  • Harvey Lecturer, Rockefeller University, New York – 1980
  • William Rose Lectureship, The Nutrition Foundation, Coronado, CA – 1980
  • A. O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, Dallas, TX – 1979
  • National Academy of Sciences – 1979
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences – 1978
  • Plenary Lecturer, Fifth International Congress on Hormonal Steroids, New Delhi – 1978
  • Distinguished Lecturer of Medical Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – 1978
  • Lenore Richards Visiting Professor, Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN – 1977
  • Royal College Lecturer of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – 1977
  • A. William and Austin Friend Memorial Visiting Professor – 1975
  • Dixon Medal (Sir Thomas and Lady Edith Dixon Orator) from the Irish Medical Council – 1975
  • Gairdner Foundation Award (Canada) – 1974
  • Roussel Prize of France – 1974
  • Honorary Degree Doctor of Science, University of Colorado-Boulder – 1975
  • General Session Lecturer of the FASEB – 1974
  • Eli Lilly Lecturer of The Endocrine Society – 1973
  • Osborne and Mendel Award of The American Institute of Nutrition – 1973
  • Nicolas Andry Award from The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – 1971
  • Andre Lichtwitz Prize from the French Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale – 1969
  • Meade Johnson Award of The American Institute of Nutrition – 1968
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science – 1965
  • Harry Steenbock Research Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 1965