Background
Christensen, Albert Kent was born on December 3, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Albert Sherman and Lois (Bowen) Christensen.
Christensen, Albert Kent was born on December 3, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Albert Sherman and Lois (Bowen) Christensen.
AB, Brigham Young University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1958.
Postdoctoral fellow, Cornell Medical College, 1958-1959; postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1959-1960; instructor department anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1960-1961; assistant professor department anatomy, Stanford School Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1961-1968; associate professor, Stanford School Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1968-1971; professor, department chairman anatomy, Temple University School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1971-1978; professor anatomy and cell biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, since 1978; department chairman anatomy and cell biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 1978-1982.
With United States Marine Corps, 1946-1947. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology, American Association Anatomists (president 1984-1985), Microscopy Society of America.
Married Elizabeth Anne Reynolds Sears, August 26, 1952. Children: Anne, Kathleen Martha, Albert David, Jennifer, John Sears.