John Jacob Abel the position of chair of the department until he retired at the age of 75 in 1932. Ever since his early years in Europe, Abel showed great interest in isolating pure form of internal gland hormones. The first work that led to his international reputation as a pharmacologist and biochemist was the isolation of epinephrine from adrenal medulla. However, he was only able to isolate a monobenzoyl derivative of epinephrine. While he was improving his processes on decomposing the benzoyl derivative to obtain salts of epinephrine using saponification, a Japanese chemist J. Takamine, who had visited his lab, was able
Taffy Abel Abel was a member of the Cup-winning Black Hawks in 1933-34, his last NHL season. Abel returned to Sault Ste. Marie after retirement, coaching ice hockey and operating a tourist hotel. At the age of 64, on August 1, 1964, Clarence Abel died in his home in Sault Ste. Marie. Nine years later, he was inducted into the United States Hall of Fame as a player. The home rink for the Lake Superior State University hockey program is named after Taffy Abel. Taffy Abel Clarence John "Taffy" Abel (May 28, 1900 – August 1, 1964) was a professional ice hockey