Background
Field, Arthur Kirk was born on January 6, 1938 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Kenneth and Florence (Kirk) Field.
Field, Arthur Kirk was born on January 6, 1938 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Kenneth and Florence (Kirk) Field.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1960; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Senior research virologist, Merck Research, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1965-1969;
research fellow, Merck Research, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1969-1973;
senior research fellow, Merck Research, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1973-1980;
senior investigator, Merck Research, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1980-1986;
director microbial biochemistry, Squibb Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 1986-1988;
executive director virology, Squibb Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 1988-1989;
executive director virology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, 1989-1992;
vice president research, Hybridon, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992-1997. Visiting scholar Worcester Foundation, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, since 1992. Adjunct Professor department pharmacology U. Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, since 1992.
Member science advisory board Methylgene, Inc.
Member Planning Commission, Upper Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania, 1984-1988, Zoning Hearing Board, 1988-1991. Member International Society Antiviral Research (chairman finance 1988-1996).
Married Marcia Ellen Case, September 4, 1960. Children: Karen Lynn, Richard Kirk.