Craig Arthur Townsend

Background

Townsend, Craig Arthur was born on August 19, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Herbert Ward and Thelma Alice (Hayskar) Townsend.

Education

Bachelor cum laude with honors in Chemistry, Williams College, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Yale University, 1974.

Career

International exchange postdoctoral fellow, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1974-1976; assistant professor of chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1976-1982; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1982-1985; professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1985; department chairman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1990-1994; professor department biology and McCollum-Pratt Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1984; professor Thomas C. Jenkins department biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1989; now professor of chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Visiting professor of chemistry Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987. Distinguished lecturer U. Hawaii, 1988.

Lecturer Robert A. Welch Foundation, 1989. H. Martin Friedman lecturer Rutgers University, 1990. Boehringer-Ingelheim lecturer Yale University,1992.

Also numerous others. Consultant Lederle laboratories, Pearl River, New York, 1984-1994, ChekTsc Corporation, Baltimore, since 1993, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, since 1995. Member of advisory panel Office Technology Assessment, Washington, 1994-1995.

Organizer, co-founder bio-organic chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1992.

Achievements

• Craig Arthur Townsend has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (Arthur C. Cope scholar award 1995), Royal Society Chemistry.

Connections

Married S. Darlene Dance, August 7, 1971. Children: Reed Lincoln, Andrew Vernon.

Father:

Herbert Ward Townsend

Mother:

Thelma Alice (Hayskar) Townsend

Spouse:

S. Darlene Dance

child:

Andrew Vernon Townsend

child:

Reed Lincoln Townsend