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Rich, Alexander was born on November 15, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Max and Bella (Shub) Rich.
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Rich, Alexander was born on November 15, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Max and Bella (Shub) Rich.
AB magna cum laude in Bio-chemical Scis, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1949. Doctor (honorary), Federal University Rio de Janeiro, 1981.
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), Freie University, Berlin, 1996.
Research fellow Gates and Crellin Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1949-1954. Chief section physical chemistry National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1954-1958. Visiting scientist Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (England) University, 1955-1956.
Associate professor biophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1958-1961, professor biohpysics, since 1961, William Thompson Sedgwick professor biophysics, since 1974. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (council member 1967-1971), committee career development awards National Institutes of Health, 1964-1967, postdoctoral fellowship board, 1955-1958. Member committee exobiology space science board National Academy of Sciences, 1964-1965, advisory board, academy forum, 1975-1982, nominating committee, 1980, executive committee of council, 1985-1988.
Member United States national committee International Organization Pure Applied Biophysics, 1965-1967. Visiting committee biology department Yale University, 1963, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1965-1966, co-chairman science and advisory committee 1987-1991. Life science committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970-1975, lunar planetary missions board, 1968-1970.
Biology team Viking Mars Mission, 1969-1980. Member corporation Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1965-1977, 87—. Science review committee Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Miami, Florida, 1978-1990.
Visiting committee biology division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1972-1976. Chairman committee on Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe Exchange Board National Academy of Sciences, 1973-1976. Member International Research and Exchs.
Board American Council Learned Societies, New York City, 1973-1976, panel judges New York Academy of Sciences annual book award for children's science books, New York City, 1973-1990. Chairman nominating committee American Academy Arts and Science, 1974-1977. Science advisory board Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Project, 1976-1980, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1978-1983.
Member United States National Science Board, 1976-1982. Board governors Weizmann Institute of Science, since 1976. Research committee Medical Foundation, Boston, 1976-1980.
Member United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Joint Commission on Science and Technology, Department State, Washington, 1977-1982. Senior consultant Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of President, Washington, 1977-1981. Member council Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Geneva, 1977-1982.
Chairman basic research committee National Science Board, Washington, 1978-1982. Member United States National Committee for International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics, National Academy of Sciences, 1979-1983. Board directors Medical Foundation, Boston, 1981-1990.
Visiting committee division medical science Harvard University, 1981-1987. Member government-university-industry research round table, 1984-1987. Chairman science advisory committee department molecular biology Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1983-1987.
Governing board National Research Council, 1985-1988. National advisory committee Pew Scholars program Pew Memorial Trust, 1986-1988. Committee on Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe National Research Council, Washington, 1986-1992.
External advisory committee Center for Human Genome Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, 1989-1997, National Critical Technologies Panel, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of President, Washington, 1990-1991. Visiting committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration Center Exobiology, La Jolla, California, 1992-1995. Visiting professor College France, Paris, 1987.
With United States Navy, 1943-1946.
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Editor: (with Norman Davidson) Structural Chemistry and Molecular Biology, 1968. Member editorial board Biophysics Jour, 1961-1963, Currents Modern Biology, 1966-1972, Science, 1963-1969, Analytical Biochemistry, 1969-1981, Bio-Systems, 1973-1986, Molecular Biology Reports, 1974-1985, Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, 1973-1978, Journal Molecular and Applied Genetics, 1980-1984, DNA, 1981-1989, European Molecular Biology Organization Journal, 1988-1990, Journal Biotechnology, since 1987, Genomics, since 1987, Proteins, Structure, Function and Genetics, 1986-1991, Journal Molecular Evolution, since 1983, Springer Series on Molecular Biology, 1980-1988. Member editorial advisory board Journal Molecular Biology, 1959-1966, Accounts of Chemical Research, 1980-1982, Journal Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, since 1983, PAABS Revista, 1972-1977, Biopolymers, 1963-1974, Journal of Molecular Evolution, 1983-1994, others.Contributor over 500 articles to professional journals.
Editorial Board Science 1963-1969, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1973-1978 and other journals. Council of American Academy, of Arts and Sciences. Biology Team of Viking Mars Mission, NASA 1969-1980, Advisory Board of Academy Forum, N.A.S. since 1975, Scientific Advisory Board of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Project since 1976, United States National Science Board since 1976.
Board Governors Weizmann Institute of Science since 1976, Research Committee, The Medical Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts 80, United States-USSR Jt. Commission, on Science and Technology, Department, of State 82, Scientific Advisory Board, Massachusetts General Hospital 1978-1983, Scientific Review Committee. Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1978, Visiting Committee to Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University since 1981, Board of directors Boston Medical Foundation since 1981, and other committees.
American Chemistry Society and other societies, N.A.S. since 1970 (member. Pontifical Academy, of Sciences, The Vatican 1978, American Philosophical Society 1980. French Academy, of Sciences 1984.
Married Jane Erving King, July 5, 1952. Children: Benjamin, Josiah, Rebecca, Jessica.