# Takeru Higuchi

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{{Short description|American chemist}}
thumb|Takeru Higuchi, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy and Chemistry
'''Takeru Higuchi''' (January 1, 1918 – March 24, 1987) was an American chemist who was widely known as "the father of physical pharmacy".<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.05.019 |pmid=21640808 |title=Takeru Higuchi, the man and the scientist |journal=International Journal of Pharmaceutics |volume=418 |issue=1 |pages=3–5 |year=2011 |last1=Barratt |first1=Gillian |last2=Puisieux |first2=Francis }}</ref> He invented the time-release medication capsule,<ref>[https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/takeru-higuchi/16878 Takeru Higuchi - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society]{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref> which would release medicine slowly into the bloodstream.

==Biography==
Higuchi was born on January 1, 1918, near [Los Altos, California](/source/Los_Altos%2C_California), and completed his Bachelor of Chemistry with Honors in 1939 at the [University of California](/source/University_of_California) and his doctorate in [physical](/source/physical_chemistry) and [organic chemistry](/source/organic_chemistry) in 1943 at the University of Wisconsin. He worked as a research chemist at the [University of Akron](/source/University_of_Akron), and in 1947 joined the [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin) as an assistant professor.<ref name="Obit">{{cite journal|last1=Mossberg|first1=Howard E.|title=In Memoriam Takeru Higuchi 1918–1987|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=November 1987|volume=76|issue=11|pages=i|doi=10.1002/jps.2600761102|doi-access=free}}</ref> In 1961, he published the [Higuchi equation](/source/Higuchi_equation), which models the rate at which an ointment releases its [medication](/source/medication).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bruschi|first1=Marcos Luciano|title=Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems|date=2015|publisher=Woodhead Publishing|isbn=9780081001127|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sicBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|pages=70–72|access-date=4 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 1964, he was made the university's Edward Kremmer Professor of Pharmacy.<ref name="Obit"/>

In 1967 he joined the [University of Kansas](/source/University_of_Kansas) as its [Regents Professor](/source/Regents_Professor) of [Chemistry](/source/Chemistry), and was founding chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry until 1983.<ref name="Obit"/>

He died at the University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics when was 69 years old.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1987/03/27/442087.html?pageNumber=106 TimesMachine: TAKERU HIGUCHI - NYTimes.com]{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
Higuchi was widely honored,<ref name="Obit"/> including:
* 1969 – awarded the [Scheele Award](/source/Scheele_Award)<ref>{{cite web|title=Scheele Laureates 1961 - 2015|url=https://www.apotekarsocieteten.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Scheele-Laureates-1961-2015.pdf|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>
* 1981 – the [American Pharmacists Association](/source/American_Pharmacists_Association) established the Takeru Higuchi Research Prize<ref>{{cite web|title=Takeru Higuchi Research Prize {{!}} American Pharmacists Association|url=https://www.pharmacist.com/takeru-higuchi-research-prize|website=www.pharmacist.com|access-date=4 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* 1983 – awarded the [Remington Medal](/source/Remington_Medal)<ref>{{cite web|title=Remington Honor Medal {{!}} American Pharmacists Association|url=http://www.pharmacist.com/remington-honor-medal-0|website=www.pharmacist.com|access-date=4 April 2018|language=en|archive-date=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505030507/http://www.pharmacist.com/remington-honor-medal-0|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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