Background
Parpart, Arthur Kemble was born on December 28, 1903 in Brooklyn. Son of Edward George and Grace Kemble (Dear) Parpart.
Parpart, Arthur Kemble was born on December 28, 1903 in Brooklyn. Son of Edward George and Grace Kemble (Dear) Parpart.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1925, Master of Arts, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1931.
Instructor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1925-1928, University of Pennsylvania, 1928-1931, Princeton, 1931-1933, assistant professor, 1933-1940, associate professor, 1940-1948, professor, department chairman biology since 1948. Chairman panel on cellular physiology of commission on growth National Research Council since 1947. Member of advisory council biology Brookhaven National Laboratory since 1951.
Trustee, member Executive Committee Marine Biological Laboratory, 1946-1952, vice president, 1952-1963, president, since 1963.
Member panel National Institutes of Health, 1954.
Member American Zoological Society, American Physiological Society, American Society Naturalists, New York Academy Sciences, Society General Physiologists (president 1954).
Married Ethel Roberta Bennett, August 29, 1925. Children: Joan Corlette (Mistress Raymond C. Zoeter), Arthur Kemble.