Background
Blank, Merle Leonard was born on November 8, 1933 in Kanawha, Iowa, United States. Son of Cecil L. and Marie L. (Krambeer) Blank.
Blank, Merle Leonard was born on November 8, 1933 in Kanawha, Iowa, United States. Son of Cecil L. and Marie L. (Krambeer) Blank.
Bachelor of Science, Bemidji State University, 1958.
Assistant scientist, Hormel Institute, Austin, Minnesota, 1958-1965; senior scientist, Kraft Foods, Glenview, Illinois, 1965-1968; senior scientist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Association University, 1968-1995.
With United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Society Biochemistry Mol. Biology, American Legion.
Married Dorothy M. Siegle, September 25, 1954. Children; Nancy, Janice, David, Linda, James.