Background
Horton, Aaron Wesley was born on June 13, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Aaron and Ethel May (Plant) Horton.
environmental cancer investigator
Horton, Aaron Wesley was born on June 13, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Aaron and Ethel May (Plant) Horton.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1940. Master of Science (University fellow), Yale University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (University fellow), Yale University, 1948.
Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1941. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1946.
Senior research chemist Socony-Vacuum Laboratories, 1941-1943, 45-46. Research engineer Franklin Institute Research and Development Laboratory, 1948. Assistant professor industrial health Kettering Laboratory, University Cincinnati, 1948-1949, associate professor, 1949-1962, professor, 1962-1963, visiting professor, 1963-1966.
Professor biochemistry, environmental medicine University Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1962-1976, acting head division environmental medicine, 1969-1972, professor biochemistry, public health and preventive medicine, 1976-1989, professor public health emeritus, from 1989, chief section chemical biology and oncology, 1976-1989. Visiting professor Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Hôpital Debrousse, Lyon, France, 1972. Industrial consultant toxicological problems, 1950-1988.
Director research project carcinogenicity of petroleum American Petroleum Institute, 1949-1959. Member advisory committee lung cancer research American Cancer Society, 1955-1956. Member committee safety mineral oil adjuvants Food and Drug Administration, 1965-1967.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret Virginia Cole, January 31, 1941. Children: Margaret (Mistress Roger Alan Young), Joyce (Mistress Frank Butler Hammond), Glenn David, John Wesley, Daniel Timothy.