Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. was an American pharmacologist and biochemist who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries about hormone mechanisms, especially how epinephrine works through second messengers. He studied at Washburn College and Washington University School of Medicine, and conducted research on how hormones like epinephrine break down glycogen into glucose. After serving as an army physician in WWII, Sutherland held teaching roles in biochemistry and pharmacology at Washington University and Case Western Reserve University. He died in 1974 at age 58 from surgical complications.

1. By
Naba’a Al Wazen
EARL WILBUR SUTHERLAND JR.

2. EARL WILBUR SUTHERLAND JR. (1915-1974)
• was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born
in Burlingame, Kansas.
• Sutherland won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the
mechanisms of the action of hormones," especially
epinephrine, via second messengers.

3. EDUCATION
At the age of 17, Sutherland enrolled in Washburn College, a
school located in Kansas and began the pursuit of a Bachelor of
Science degree. In order to pay for tuition, he worked throughout
his undergraduate years as a medical staff assistant at a local
hospital.
• Sutherland graduated at the age of 21. He was then accepted
to Washington University School of Medicine

4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH
• Sutherland conducted research on the effects of the hormones epinephrine
on the breakdown of glycogen to glucose
• He worked as an intern at Washington University’s
• After receiving his medical degree from Washington University in 1942,
Sutherland served as a World War II army physician.
• Sutherland held various teaching titles during his time at the Washington
University School of Medicine, including instructor in pharmacology instructor
in biochemistry, assistant professor in biochemistry, and associate professor
in biochemistry.
• In 1953, Sutherland moved to Cleveland, Ohio for a position as a professor
of pharmacology and chairman of the department of pharmacology at the
school of medicine at Case Western Reserve University

5. • On March 9, 1974, Sutherland died of internal bleeding
due to surgical complications . He was 58 years old.