Arthur K. Cho

Arthur Kenji Cho (born November 7, 1928) is an American pharmacologist. He spent the majority of his career at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he remains a professor emeritus. Two of his major areas of research include amphetamine pharmacology and air pollution toxicology. He was the editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology from 1991 to 2007.

Early life and education Arthur Kenji Cho was born in Oakland, California, on November 7, 1928, to parents Iwao Cho and Mary Yoshiko . He had an older sister, Edith. In 1945, he and his sister were deprived of their property through the Office of Alien Property Custodian as nationals of a foreign enemy country, despite both being American citizens. In 1951, he and Edith successfully applied for the return of their assets.

He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. His mentor at Berkeley was chemist Henry Rapoport. He completed his PhD under Theodore Geissman at the University of California, Los Angeles, also in chemistry.

Career Upon completion of his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, researching organic chemistry. While there, he worked with Willford Haslett to isolate and name oxotremorine, a metabolite of tremorine. In 1974, he was promoted to full professor of pharmacology. He was the editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology from 1991 to 2007.

Personal life He married Sachiko Yoshida on August 16, 1953. They had two children, David and Nancy.