In 1919 he accepted a faculty appointment in the Department of Biochemistry atWashington University School of Medicine, where he rose in rank to associate professor. In 1923, he moved toSaint Louis University as professor and chairman of the new Department of Biochemistry. He served as professor and chairman of that department until he retired in 1965. Saint Louis University renamed the department the E.A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry, in his honor.[1] More recently, the department has again been renamed. It is now known as the E.A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Following his death in 1986, his family endowed the Edward A. and Margaret Doisy College of Health Sciences. The Edward A. Doisy Research Center was built and named in his honor in 2007, following a $30,000,000 gift from the Doisy family.[6]
Edward A. Doisy Research Center at Saint Louis University
