Background
Hopper, Arthur Frederick was born on September 7, 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Arthur Frederick and Catherine (Hoenig) Hopper.
Hopper, Arthur Frederick was born on September 7, 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Arthur Frederick and Catherine (Hoenig) Hopper.
AB, Princeton University, 1938; Master of Science, Yale University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1948.
Instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, summer 1948;
assistant professor, Wayne U., Detroit, 1948-1949;
assistant professor to professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1949-1980;
director biological science graduate program, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1973-1975;
research associate, Brookhaven (New York) National Laboratory, 1961-1968;
visiting professor, U. Liège Medical School, Belgium, 1967-1968;
professor emeritus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, since 1980. Research associate Detroit Cancer Institute, 1948-1949. Scientist aboard ColumbiaU. R/V "Vema", summer, 1955, 58.
Visiting investigator Battelle N.W., Richland, Washington, summer 1970, Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, summers, 1971, 73.
Chairman troop 53 Boy Scouts American, Bedminster, New Jersey, 1953-1958. Vice president, president Bedminster Board Education, 1957-1963. Coach, manager Far Hills Little League Baseball, 1954-1956.
President Somerset County Board Education, Somerville, New Jersey, 1960-1963. Coordinator radiology defense Somerset County, 1959-1963. Board directors Palm Beach County Kidney Association, Lake Worth, Florida, 1988-1990, member medical advisory board, since 1993.
1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1946-1968. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Integrative and Comparative Biology, Society Development Biologists, Sigma Xi.
Married Amy Patricia Hull, December 28, 1940 (deceased November 1982). Children: Arthur Frederick, Geoffrey Victor, Christopher James, Gregory Lorton. Married Patricia Ann Vennett, September 6, 1986.