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Jake MacMillan, who died on May 12, 2014 at the age of 89, was an organic chemist who made an enormous contribution to plant science, particularly in relation to the structure, biosynthesis, and analysis of the gibberellin plant hormones. Jake was born in Wishaw, Scotland, into a lower working class environment in which there was very little spare cash. Despite offers of a safe, steady job in a bank or an opportunity to become a professional soccer player, which—as sources of financial security—must have been very tempting, Jake was determined to pursue a career in chemistry and was the first in his family to attend university, obtaining his Bachelors of Science and Doctorate from the University of Glasgow. During his university years, Jake played soccer semiprofessionally, obtaining much-needed income to support his studies. Jake reminisced entertainingly about his education and career in an autobiographical article published in the Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology (1). |
