Background
Nixon, Jon Claiborne was born on August 4, 1944 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. Son of Claiborne Merrell and Hilda Louise Nixon.
Nixon, Jon Claiborne was born on August 4, 1944 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. Son of Claiborne Merrell and Hilda Louise Nixon.
Bachelor of Science, Lenoir Rhine College, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Houston, 1972.
Research associate, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1972-1973; senior research scientist, Burroughs Wellcome Research laboratories, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1973-1981; project director, senior biochemist, Linus Pauling Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1981-1983; senior project scientist, Northrop-National Standard Instructor, Research Triangle Park, 1983-1985; research director, Institute for Molecular Biology, Boston, 1985-1987; senior associate, CBR-Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1985-1989; principal scientist, Alcon laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, 1989-1992; assistant director, Alcon laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, since 1993. Consultant National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, since 1988.
Member American Association Cancer Research, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics Society, Society In Vitro Biology, Wound Healing Society.
Married Mary A. Fritz, November 10, 1963 (divorced January 1980). Children: Laura Elaine, Catherine Leigh, Andrea Merrell.