Background
Merchant, Donald Joseph was born on September 7, 1921 in Biltmore, North Carolina, United States. Son of Oscar Lowell and Bess Lee (Clark) Merchant.
Merchant, Donald Joseph was born on September 7, 1921 in Biltmore, North Carolina, United States. Son of Oscar Lowell and Bess Lee (Clark) Merchant.
AB, Berea College, 1942. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1950.
Diploma of Merit, General Assembly/Presbyterian Church of, Kinshasa, Republican of the Congo, 2000.
Instructor, University of Michigan, 1948-1951;
assistant professor, University of Michigan, 1951-1958;
associate professor, University of Michigan, 1958-1964;
professor, University of Michigan, 1964-1969;
director, scientist, W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Tissue Culture Association, Lake Placid, New York, 1969-1972;
professor, U. Vermont, 1969-1972;
professor, department chairman microbiology and immunology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, 1973-1986;
professor emeritus, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, since 1986. Director Tidewater Regional Cancer Network, 1974-1988. Consultant United States Army Biological Laboratory, 1966-1968.
Member science advisory board Foundation for Research on the Nervous System, Boston, 1965-1969, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, New York, 1970-1975. Member National Prostatic Cancer Task Force, National Cancer Institute, 1972-1979, 83-86.
Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Microbiology, American Society Microbiology (past president Michigan branch), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Cell Biology, Tissue Culture Association (president 1964-1968), Virginia Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Association Community Cancer Centers, British Society Cell Biology, Royal Society Medicine.
Married Marian Adelaide Yeager, May 31, 1943. Children— Nancy Adele, Barry Scott, Karen Ruth.