Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1931, Feb. 15 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1952 | Married Daniel Morris Singer B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. |
| 1956-1958 | Researched nucleic acids under Leon A. Heppel as a United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. |
| 1957 | Ph.D., biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1958-1974 | Researched RNA structure and synthesis and contributed to Marshall Nirenberg's work on deciphering the genetic code as a research chemist in biochemistry, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. |
| 1971-1972 | Studied simian virus 40 in Ernest Winocour's laboratory as visiting scientist, Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 1972-1982 | Editorial board member, Science magazine |
| 1973 | Cochairman, Gordon Research Conference |
| 1975 | Member of the organizing committee and cosigner of the summary statement of the Asilomar report, International (Asilomar) Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules |
| 1975-1979 | Head, Nucleic Acid Enzymology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. |
| 1975-1990 | Trustee, Yale Corp., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1978 | Selected member, Board of Governors and Scientific Academic Advisory Committee, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| 1979-1987 | Chief, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. |
| 1985-1994 | Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1986 | Nominated academician by Supreme Pontiff, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City |
| 1987-1988 | Research chemist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. |
| 1988 | Awarded Distinguished Presidential Rank Award |
| 1988-2002 | President, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1992 | Awarded National Medal of Science |
| 1994 | Founder, Carnegie Academy for Science Education, Washington, D.C. |