Background
McFadden, Bruce Alden was born on September 23, 1930 in La Grande, Oregon, United States. Son of Eugene Field and Mary Elizabeth (McMaster) McFadden.
McFadden, Bruce Alden was born on September 23, 1930 in La Grande, Oregon, United States. Son of Eugene Field and Mary Elizabeth (McMaster) McFadden.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with honors, Whitman College, 1952; Doctor of Science (honorary), Whitman College, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956.
From instructor to professor of chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, 1956-1966;
professor biochemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, since 1974;
director science development, Washington State University, Pullman, 1974-1978;
department chairman biochemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, 1978-1984. Visiting professor U. Leicester, England, 1972-1973, U. Florence, Italy, 1980, Technology U., Munich, 1980-1981. Visiting scientist Minority Institutions (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ), 1988.
Member study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1978-1979, 82. Panelist research grants U.D. Department Energy, 1983, 91. Panelist Frasch grants American Chemical Society, 1982-1987.
Consultant to numerous journals and agys., Pullman, since 1966.
President Sunnyside School Parent-Teachers Association, Pullman, 1972. Chairman 1984 and Beyond Citizens' committee, Pullman School Board, 1983-1984. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society (president Washington-Idaho Border section 1963-1964), American Society Biological Chemical & Molecular Biological, American Society Microbiologists, Pacific Slope Bio-chemical Society (president 1973-1974), American Society Plant Physiologists, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon (president 1955).
Married Roberta Ray Wilson, June 14, 1958. Children: Paul, David, John.