Dr. Alan Antoine, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Microbiology, died on October 20, 2024.
Alan served on the Rutgers faculty for almost 40 years. He earned his Bachelors of Arts from the University of Wisconsin in 1962 and Doctor of Science in Microbiology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1968, where he researched glycogen and lipid storage materials in mycobacteria. He joined the faculty of Rutgers University in 1969 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1975. At Rutgers Alan studied cyanobacterial symbionts of the aquatic fern Azolla and the biodegradation of nitroaromatic compounds, among other projects. He taught the graduate courses General Microbiology, Microbial Metabolism and Physiology, and Microbial Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for several years. Alan served Rutgers in many administrative roles, including as Associate Dean of Sciences in the Graduate School-New Brunswick 1977-1987, Director of the Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 1987-1992, and as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology from 2001 until his retirement at the end of 2007.
Alan is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sandy, his daughter Cara and son Edan and their families.
Alan's obituary can be found at: obits.nj.com