He remained actively involved in research through his final day. Karl created the Folkers Foundation to support biochemical research on causes of human disease. His lifelong pursuit of discoveries that would identify such causes and improve the life and health of those afflicted by various diseases would be continued in the work pursued by the Foundation, which will generate a fitting and permanent legacy of the life of Karl Folkers. Karl, with his collaborators, published more than 700 papers in scientific journals and presented an equally large list of invited lectures and papers at scientific meetings. Karl helped organize, and chaired, many international research conferences, including several for the Gordon Research Conferences, for which he served on the board of trustees beginning in 1971.
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