Dr. Earl F. Bloch is a 2011 Inductee into the Hunter College Alumni Hall of Fame. This honor is bestowed upon alumni who have made outstanding contributions through research, teaching or service. At Howard University, Dr. Bloch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology in the College of Medicine and has received 35 “awards” to date -- sixteen for teaching excellence, fourteen awards of appreciation, and five honors for his excellence in teaching and mentoring of medical students. The latter honors lead to the inclusion of his photograph with the graduating classes for the years 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1992 in the College of Medicine.
Dr. Bloch graduated from The City College of The City University of New York with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a Master of Arts in organic chemistry from Hunter College of The City University of New York and a Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York in 1978. As a graduate student at Cornell, he majored in immunology, with minors in biochemistry and science education. His research interests include mechanisms of complement mediated killing of Gram-negative bacteria by the membrane attack complex (MAC) of the complement system. Currently, he is in collaboration with Dr. Louis Massa of the Hunter College Chemistry Department of The City University of New York in the applications of quantum crystallography in the design of drugs to prevent insulin degradation in type II diabetes.
