Background
Benson, Andrew Alm was born on September 24, 1917 in Modesto, California, United States. Son of Carl Bennett and Emma Carolina (Alm) Benson.
Biochemist and plant physiologist
Benson, Andrew Alm was born on September 24, 1917 in Modesto, California, United States. Son of Carl Bennett and Emma Carolina (Alm) Benson.
Bachelor of Science, University California, Berkeley, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1942. Phil D honorary, University Oslo., 1965.
Docteur honorary, University Paris, 1986.
Instructor chemistry department University California, Berkeley, 1942-1943, assistant director Bio-organic group Radiation Laboratory, 1946-1954. Research associate department chemistry Stanford University, 1944-1945, California Institute of Technology, 1945-1946. Associate professor agricultural biological chemistry Pennsylvania State University, 1955-1960, professor, 1960-1961.
Professor-in-residence biophysics/physiological chemistry University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1962. Professor Scripps Institution Oceanography, University California, San Diego, 1962-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Fulbright visiting professor Agricultural College Norway, 1951-1952.
Trustee Foundation for Ocean Research, San Diego, 1970-1988. Member advisory council The Costeau Society, since 1976. Member international advisory board Marine Biotechnology Institute Company Ltd., Tokyo, 1990-1998.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Academy Arts and Science, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Norwegian Science Society and Letters, American Oil Chemists Society, American Chemical Society (emeritus), American Society Plant Physiologists (Stephen Hales prize 1972), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Academy of Sciences Russia (honorary).
Married Ruth Carkeek, May 22, 1942 (divorced 1969). Children: Claudia Benson Matthews, Linnea. Married Dorothy Dorgan Neri, July 31, 1971.