Jasper H. Kane, 101; His Method Created Penicillin in Bulk
LA Times
Jasper Herbert Kane, 101, a biochemist who suggested that antibiotics could be made in mass quantities rather than dose by dose, died Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla., of natural causes associated with aging. Born in Brooklyn, Kane by age 16 was working at its Chas. Pfizer & Co. plant, which then manufactured chemicals for the food and drink industry. He studied nights at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic University) and graduated in 1928.
