Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1942, Apr. 9 | Born, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1966 | B.S., biology and chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 1972 | Ph.D., molecular biology, Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1972-1974 | Acting assistant professor of biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1975-1995 | Damon Runyan and National Institute of Health (NIH) postdoctoral fellow (1975-1977), research associate (1977-1978), staff member in Embryology (1978-1995), Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1978-1995 | Professor of biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1981-1984 | Editor, Gene |
| 1990-2001 | Editor, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine |
| 1992 | Published The Dynamic Genome: Barbara McClintock's Ideas in the Century of Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Press |
| 1995-2010 | Verne M. Willaman professor of life sciences (1995-2010), director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (1995-2002), Evan Pugh professor (2002), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. |
| 2003 | External faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, N.Mex. |
| 2004 | Published Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist’s View of Genetically Modified Foods. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press |
| 2006 | Awarded the National Medal of Science |
| 2007-2010 | Science and technology advisor to the Secretary of State and to the administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C. |
| 2011-2014 | Distinguished professor of biosciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia |
| 2013 | Published Plant Transposons and Genome Dynamics in Evolution. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell |