Background
Forer, Arthur H. was born on December 17, 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Bernard and Rose Ethel Forer. immigrated to Canada, 1972.
editor researcher Biology educator
Forer, Arthur H. was born on December 17, 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Bernard and Rose Ethel Forer. immigrated to Canada, 1972.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1957; postgraduate, U. Rochester, 1957-1959; postgraduate, U. Washington-Friday Harbor, summer 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Dartmouth Medical School, 1964.
Postdoctoral fellow, American Cancer Society Carlsberg laboratories, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1964-1966; research assistant, Cambridge U., England, 1966-1967; Helen Hay Whitney Foundation fellow, Cambridge U., England, 1967-1969; Helen Hay Whitney Foundation fellow, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1970; lektor, Odense U., Denmark, 1970-1972; associate professor biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1972-1975; professor biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1975. Member grant selection panel Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, 1976-1978.
Active Amnesty International, Ottawa, Ontario, since 1980, Cmty. Theatre Orchs., Toronto, A Pack-O-Lips Now Saxophone Quartet, Toronto. Fellow Royal Society Canada, Academy Sciences.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology, Microscopical Society Canada, Stankel Ben Society (charter member since 1960), Tarragon Theatre, Shaw Festival (supporting).
Married Alexandra Engberg Westengaard, December 18, 1964. Children— Michael, David.
