Evelyn J. Weber

Evelyn Joyce Weber (1928 - 2008) was an American biochemist, and agronomist. She was a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and the first woman to be a faculty member of the Agronomy Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Evelyn Joyce Weber was born on Nov. 9, 1928, in Tower Hill, IL. She was the daughter of John Weber and Emma Schoch Weber.^[1]

Dr. Weber graduated from Pana High School and then attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she received her BS in Chemistry in 1952. She continued at Illinois as a research assistant in plant lipid research before going on to complete her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Iowa State University. She then returned to Illinois as a research associate in biochemistry. In 1965, she became the University of Illinois' first woman in the Agronomy Department. Evelyn was a Professor of Plant Biochemistry from 1965 to 1987, and throughout most of her career she was the only woman in the faculty of that department. She retired in 1987 as a biochemist under a joint appointment from the U of I and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as well as a professor emerita in the agronomy department and a freelance editor and biochemical consultant.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Her papers are held at University of Illinois Archives.^[7] She also has a paver in her honor in the Plaza of Heroines at Iowa State University (paver:22 and D:6 on the map).^[6]

Fellowships:^[2]

• American Institute of Chemists

Memberships:^[2]

• American Chemical Society
• American Oil Chemists Society
• Farm Bureau in Christian County
• National Committee of Women Chemists
• Honorary Member:
  • Alpha Lambda Delta
  • Iota Sigma Pi
  • Sigma Delta Epsilon
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Sigma Xi
  • Gamma Sigma Delta

Carter, H. E.; Galanos, D. S.; Gigg, R. H.; Law, J. H.; Nakayama, T.; Smith, D. B., D. B.; Weber, E. J. (1957). "Sphingolipides". Federation Proceedings. 16 (3): 817–824. PMID 13480365.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Carter, H. E.; Celmer, W. D.; Galanos, D. S.; Gigg, R. H.; Lands, W. E. M.; Law, J. H.; Mueller, K. L.; Nakayama, T.; Tomizawa, H. H.; Weber, E. (1958). "Biochemistry of the sphingolipides. X. Phytoglycolipide, a complex phytosphingosine-containing lipide from plant seeds". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 35 (7): 335–343. doi:10.1007/BF02640547. hdl:2027.42/141721. S2CID 84489673.

Carter, H. E.; Gigg, R. H.; Law, J. H.; Nakayama, T.; Weber, E. J. (1958). "Biochemistry of the sphingolipides. XI. Structure of phytoglycolipide". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 233 (6): 1309–1314. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)49332-5. PMID 13610833.

Hearn, W. R.; Weber, E. J.; Randolph, P. W.; Barks, N. E. (1961). "Corticotropin Releasing Activity of Synthetic Lysine Vasopressin". Experimental Biology and Medicine. 107 (3). SAGE Publications: 515–517. doi:10.3181/00379727-107-26672. ISSN 1535-3702. PMID 13712598. S2CID 31921962.

Carter, H. E.; Johnson, P.; Weber, E. J. (1965). "Glycolipids". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 34: 109–142. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.34.070165.000545. PMID 14321165.

Johnson, P.; Weber, E. J.; Carter, H. E.; Krober, M. S. (1965). "Detection of phospholipids on paper chromatograms by neutron activation". Journal of Lipid Research. 6 (3): 425–426. doi:10.1016/S0022-2275(20)39312-3. PMID 14336212.

Carter, H. E.; Weber, E. J. (1966). "Preparation and properties of various salt forms of plant phosphatidyl inositols". Lipids. 1 (1): 16–20. doi:10.1007/BF02668119. PMID 17805680. S2CID 4056288.

Weber, E. J. (1969). "Lipids of maturing grain of corn (Zea mays L.): I. Changes in lipid classes and fatty acid composition". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 46 (9): 485–488. doi:10.1007/BF02544374. PMID 5808507. S2CID 34905028.

Stoller, E. W.; Weber, E. J. (1970). "Lipid Constituents of Some Common Weed Seeds". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 18 (3): 361–364. Bibcode:1970JAFC...18..361S. doi:10.1021/jf60169a005. PMID 5487086.

Weber, E. J. (1970). "Lipids of maturing grain of corn (Zea mays L.): - II. Changes in polar lipids". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 47 (9): 340–343. doi:10.1007/BF02638998. PMID 5506690. S2CID 31445299.

De La Roche, I. A.; Weber, E. J.; Alexander, D. E. (1971). "The selective utilization of diglyceride species into maize triglycerides". Lipids. 6 (8). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 537–540. doi:10.1007/BF02531132. ISSN 0024-4201. PMID 27519512. S2CID 4043278.

De La Roche, I. A.; Weber, E. J.; Alexander, D. E. (1971). "Effects of fatty acid concentration and positional specificity on maize triglyceride structure". Lipids. 6 (8): 531–536. doi:10.1007/BF02531131. PMID 27519511. S2CID 4017885.

De La Roche, I. A.; Weber, E. J.; Alexander, D. E. (1971). "The selective utilization of diglyceride species into maize triglycerides". Lipids. 6 (8): 537–540. doi:10.1007/BF02531132. PMID 27519512. S2CID 4043278.

Weber, E. J.; De La Roche, A.; Alexander, D. E. (1971). "Erratum". Lipids. 6 (9): 692. doi:10.1007/BF02531535. S2CID 263986890.

Weber, E. J.; De La Roche, A.; Alexander, D. E. (1971). "Stereospecific analysis of maize triglycerides". Lipids. 6 (8): 525–530. doi:10.1007/BF02531130. PMID 27519510. S2CID 4003755.

Stoller, E. W.; Weber, E. J.; Wax, L. M. (1973). "The effects of herbicides on soybean seed constituents". Journal of Environmental Quality. 2 (2): 241–244. Bibcode:1973JEnvQ...2..241S. doi:10.2134/jeq1973.00472425000200020015x.

Weber, E. J.; Alexander, D. E. (1975). "Breeding for lipid composition in corn". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 52 (9): 370–373. doi:10.1007/BF02639199. S2CID 55768256.

Weber, E. J. (1973). "Changes in structure of triglycerides from maturing kernels of corn". Lipids. 8 (5): 295–302. doi:10.1007/BF02531908. PMID 27519879. S2CID 4011721.

Seyfried, T. N.; Weber, E. J.; Daniel, W. L. (1976). "Absence of brain ganglioside abnormalities in shambling mutant mice". Journal of Neurochemistry. 27 (1): 295–296. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1976.tb01580.x. PMID 956836. S2CID 7023434.

Seyfried, T. N.; Weber, E. J.; Yu, R. K. (1977). "Influence of trichloracetic acid-phosphotungstic acid on the thin layer chromatographic mobility of gangliosides". Lipids. 12 (11): 979–980. doi:10.1007/BF02533321. PMID 927050. S2CID 3996037.

Weber, E. J. (1979). "The lipids of corn germ and endosperm". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 56 (6): 637–641. doi:10.1007/BF02679340. S2CID 85047561.

Weber, E. J. (1980). "Corn Kernel Modification". In Swain, T.; Kleiman, R. (eds.). The Resource Potential in Phytochemistry. Springer US. pp. 97–137. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-8309-3_5. ISBN 978-1-4684-8309-3.

Weber, E. J. (1981). "Compositions of commercial corn and soybean lecithins". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 58 (10): 898–901. doi:10.1007/BF02659654. S2CID 85079031.

Gronewald, J. W.; Abou-Khalil, W.; Weber, E. J.; Hanson, J. B. (1982). "Lipid composition of a plasma membrane enriched fraction of maize roots". Phytochemistry. 21 (4): 859–862. Bibcode:1982PChem..21..859G. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)80080-0.

Weber, E. J. (1983). "Variation in corn (Zea mays L.) for fatty acid compositions of triglycerides and phospholipids". Biochemical Genetics. 21 (1–2): 1–13. doi:10.1007/BF02395387. PMID 6838482. S2CID 264224078.

Weber, E. J. (1984). "High performance liquid chromatography of the tocols in corn grain". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 61 (7): 1231–1234. doi:10.1007/BF02636259. S2CID 96772173.

Weber, E. J. (1987). "Carotenoids and tocols of corn grain determined by HPLC". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 64 (8): 1129–1134. doi:10.1007/BF02612988. S2CID 96228500.