Background
Nason, Alvin was born on June 10, 1919 in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Rose (Vilensky) Nason.
Nason, Alvin was born on June 10, 1919 in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Rose (Vilensky) Nason.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1940. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1948, Doctor of Philosophy (Lalor fellow), 1949.
Research assistant genetics Carnegie Institute, 1940. Chemist Chromium Corporation American, 1941-1942. Agent field laboratory tung investigation Department Agriculture, 1942-1943.
Teaching assistant Columbia, 1946-1948.
Assistant professor biology McCollum-Pratt Institute, Johns Hopkins, 1949-1954, associate professor, 1954-1958, professor, 1958-1978, associate director institute, 1959-1978.
Member panel National Science Foundation. Member, chairman visiting committee biology Brookhaven National Laboratory. Served to First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Member American Society Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Society American Bacteriology, American Society Plant Physiology, Society General Physiologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, A.A.U.P., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Thelma Stein, October 18, 1944. Children: Deborah Rose, Steffi Ruth, Jean Lenore, Gerson Samuel, Benjamin Matthew.