Alexander Theodore Shulgin ( June 17 , 1925 June 2 , 2014 ) -- known informally as Sasha Shulgin -- was an American medicinal chemist , biochemist , pharmacologist , psychopharmacologist , and author .
Alexander Theodore `` Sasha '' Shulgin ( June 17 , 1925 -- June 2 , 2014 ) was an American medicinal chemist , biochemist , pharmacologist , psychopharmacologist , and writer .