Background
Catlin, B. Wesley was born on June 26, 1917 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Daughter of H. Burd and Abby Faber (Dunning) Catlin.
Catlin, B. Wesley was born on June 26, 1917 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Daughter of H. Burd and Abby Faber (Dunning) Catlin.
AB, University of California, Los Angeles, 1941; Master of Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles, 1947.
Medical laboratory technical, Pasadena/Long Beach, California, 1939-1943;
teaching assistant in bacteriology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1943-1947;
research associate department bacteriology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1947-1949;
postdoctoral associate department genetics, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1949-1950;
assistant professor, Marquette U. School Medicine, Milwaukee, 1950-1955;
associate professor, Marquette U. School Medicine, Milwaukee, 1955-1965;
professor, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1965-1987;
professor emeritus, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, since 1987. Guest investigator biophysics group Carnegie Institute Washington, 1952. Participant Neisseria Research meeting World Health Organization, Geneva, 1964.
Board science counselors National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1977-1980. Visiting professor U. Western Australia, Nedlands, 1992.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology (program committee 1954-1956, taxonomy committee 1974-1979), International Association Biological Societies (taxonomy subcommittee since 1963, secretary 1966-1978), Society General Microbiology, Genetics Society of America, Society for Study of Evolution.
Married Lew S. Cunningham, 1954.