Tom Huxford is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at San Diego State University. During the last fifteen years, Dr. Huxford has worked with literally thousands of SDSU undergraduate and graduate students through his courses, including Introduction to General Chemistry (Chem 100), Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology I (Chem 365), General Biochemistry (Chem 560), and Intermediary Metabolism (Chem 562). The success and popularity of these courses stem directly from his involvement as an active research scientist and Principal Investigator of the Structural Biochemistry Laboratory.

One of the greatest challenges in leading a research laboratory is sustaining funding, and acquiring funds to augment the stipends of Ph.D. candidate graduate students is particularly difficult.



This issue was on Dr. Huxford's mind when, in June 2019, he suffered the loss of his sister Alison. Alison Huxford was a great sister, a happy person, and a beloved friend to everyone she met. Although she never had the chance to study at a university, she was extremely proud of her younger brother and bragged about him all the time.



(Alison and Tom Huxford, Fall 1975)

In her honor, Dr. Huxford is asking for help establishing an endowment that will fund graduate student biochemistry research at SDSU in perpetuity, to be known as the Alison Huxford Memorial Fellowship for Graduate Student Research in Biochemistry.

If you or someone you know is a former student in one of Dr. Huxford's courses or if you spent time as a research assistant in the lab or benefited in general from the enthusiasm Dr. Huxford has for biochemistry, then now is your opportunity to help him out. Please consider making a generous donation to the Alison Huxford Memorial Fellowship for Graduate Student Research in Biochemistry. Dr. Huxford and future generations of SDSU student researchers thank you sincerely for your kindness.

(Members of the SDSU Structural Biochemistry Laboratory, Summer 2018)

