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Arizona and Amherst College in 1981. Purdue University established the Henry Koffler Distinguished Professorship in 1996 and the University of Arizona's Chemistry-Biology Building was named the Henry Koffler Building in 2000,. He also received the University of Arizona Alumni Association's 2001 Alumni Achievement Award.
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American Academy of Microbiology since its founding in 1955 and received honorary doctorates from Purdue University in 1977 and from the
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Koffler's interest in the visual arts, and in sculpture, ballet, and architecture began as a child when he attended many of Vienna's cultural offerings in music and theatre with his mother. During his 1953–54 sojourn as a
Guggenheim Fellow in Cleveland, he became a conspicuous presence in the
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physiology and biochemistry of microorganisms. His ability to identify, recruit, and help develop promising scientists, and to successfully build and lead intellectual enterprises, became widely known. This led to his appointments as Vice-President for
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Cleveland Museum of Art, where he became acquainted with the
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