serving in a number of renowned Academies, Voluntary Associations and Societies. Florida State was home to the first ETA10-G/8 supercomputer. Professor E. Imre Friedmann and researcher Roseli Friedmann demonstrated primitive life could survive in rocks, establishing the potential for life on other planets. Robert A. Holton, a professor of chemistry at Florida State, developed the first total synthesis of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel, which had previously been obtainable only from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. Holton patented an improved process with an 80% yield. Florida State University earned more than $351 million in royalties through its patent on Taxol. Holton was later elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
== People ==
As of August 2023, Florida State University has over 400,000 alumni located in all fifty states and in many countries. Approximately thirty percent are under the age of thirty-five. Notable Florida State alumni include NASA astronauts, U.S. Senators and Representatives, …
