and thus catalysed the invention of the Suzuki method. Personal life and death Michaelis was married to Hedwig Philipsthal; they had two daughters, Ilse Wolman and Eva M. Jacoby. Leonor Michaelis died on 8 October or 10 October, 1949 in New York City. Honors Michaelis was a Harvey Lecturer in 1924 and a Sigma Xi Lecturer in 1946. He was elected to be a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1929, a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1943. In 1945, he received an honorary LL.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. References German biochemists German medical researchers 1875 births 1949 deaths Rockefeller University people German physical chemists Jewish chemists Academic staff of Nagoya University Johns Hopkins University faculty Physicians of the Charité