Shulgin, Alexander
Person
Dates
- Existence: June 17, 1925 - June 2, 2014
Biographical Information
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin was born on June 17, 1925. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in biochemistry from U. C. Berkeley in 1954, and did post-doctorate work in psychiatry and pharmacology before becoming a senior research chemist at Dow Chemical company. Starting in the 1960s, Shulgin became interested in the production and effects of psychoactive substances, going on to synthesize MDMA in 1965. Over his lifetime, Sasha produced and self-tested hundreds of different psychoactive substances and had a profound effect on the psychoactive community as a whole, coining the nickname "the godfather of psychedelics". He passed away on June 2, 2014.
Sources: "Dirty Pictures", documentary https://erowid.org/culture/characters/shulgin_alexander/
Sources: "Dirty Pictures", documentary https://erowid.org/culture/characters/shulgin_alexander/
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Shulgin, Alexander. "What is MDMA?" (photocopy), undated
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 18, Item 35
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
undated
Shulgin, Sasha and Ann, undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSF 468, Series 1, File
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains various forms of correspondence related to Nichols's career and professional life. Subjects include inquiries about Nichols's research, professional collaborations, informal consultations, article reprint and sample requests, conference and travel itineraries, and general correspondence to and from his professional associates. Correspondents regularly include undergraduate and graduate students, chemists and pharmacologists, pharmaceutical sales representatives, journal...
Dates:
undated
Shulgin, Sasha. "Drugs of Perception," Psychedelic Conference at Santa Barbara, California, 1983
Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 18, Item 36
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
1983
Truitt, Edward B., Jr. Panel discussion with Claudio Naranjo, Thornton Sargent, Alexander T. Shulgin, and Andrer T. Weil, undated
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, File 12, Item 40
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Other identifying information indiscernible.
Dates:
undated