Background
Marvin, Donald Arthur was born on June 25, 1934 in New York City. Son of Donald and Elsbeth (Feix) Marvin.
Marvin, Donald Arthur was born on June 25, 1934 in New York City. Son of Donald and Elsbeth (Feix) Marvin.
In 1940 his family moved from New York City to Stillwater, near Ossining NY.. After a year in public school, he moved to Scarborough School. He studied physics at Yale, but following contact with the new biophysics group there, he joined the biophysics group at King's College London for Ph.D. training.
Postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute, Tübingen, Germany, 1960-1965;
assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1966-1969;
associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1969-1973;
senior research associate, Yale University, New Haven, 1973-1976;
head of group, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, 1976-1982;
visiting scholar, U. Cambridge, England, 1982-1988;
senior research associate, U. Cambridge, England, 1988-2001;
Visiting scholar Stanford (California) U., 1976.
Married Felicity Janet (Malec) Marvin, August 9, 1961.