Arthur K. Cho

Arthur Kenji Cho was born in Oakland, California on November 7, 1928 to parents Iwao Cho and Mary Yoshiko née Takata.[1] He had an older sister, Edith.[2] In 1945, he and his sister were deprived of their property through the Office of Alien Property Custodian as nationals of a foreign enemy country, despite both being American citizens.[3] In 1951, he and Edith successfully applied for the return of their assets.[4]

He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. His mentor at Berkeley was chemist Henry Rapoport.[5] For his master's in chemistry, he attended Oregon State University.[6] His master's thesis was on the chemical composition of Douglas fir bark.[7] He completed his PhD under Theodore Geissman at the University of California, Los Angeles, also in chemistry.[6]

Upon completion of his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, researching organic chemistry.[8] While there, he worked with Willford Haslett to isolate and name oxotremorine, a metabolite of tremorine.[5]

He then worked for Don Baxter Inc. in Glendale, California as a research chemist from 1961–1965.[1] From 1965 to 1970, he was a research chemist at the National Heart Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.[9][1] In 1970, he accepted a position to join the faculty at UCLA.[5] In 1974, he was promoted to full professor of pharmacology.[10] He was the editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology from 1991 to 2007.[11][5] His research interests include the pharmacology of amphetamines and air pollution toxicology.[5]

He continued to conduct research after his retirement from UCLA. In 2009 he was awarded the Dickson Emeritus Professorship for continued scholarly achievement and educational services post-retirement.[12]

He married Sachiko Yoshida on August 16, 1953. They had two children, David and Nancy.[1]