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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/

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Shulgin, Alexander. "What is MDMA?" (photocopy), undated

 Item — Box 10: Series MSP 1, Series 3, 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Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent.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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Stanislav Grof papers / Research Materials / Research Articles / Research Articles: S

Shulgin, Sasha and Ann, undated

 File — Box 2: Series MSF 468, Series 1, 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / David E. Nichols papers / Correspondence

Shulgin, Sasha. "Drugs of Perception," Psychedelic Conference at Santa Barbara, California, 1983

 Item — Box 17: Series MSP 1, Series 1; Series MSP 1, Series 3, 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Stanislav Grof papers / Research Materials / Research Articles / Research Articles: S

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Ralph Metzner collection / Ecstasy/MDMA and Related Phenethylamines