Background
Fambrough, Douglas McIntosh was born on July 22, 1941 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Douglas McIntosh Fambrough Senior and Mayhew (Goodrich) Fambrough Bear.
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Douglas McIntosh Fambrough, American Biology educator, researcher. Achievements include research in biochemical characterization of histones; description of regulation of acetylcholine receptors in skeletal muscle; co-discovery of defect in myasthenia gravis, of extracellular matrix protein tenescin, of iysosomal membrane protein LEP100.
Education
AB, U. North Carolina, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1968.
Career
Member of staff, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Baltimore, 1969-1985; professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1978. Member of advisory board Searle Scholars Foundation, Chicago, 1980-1984, Muscular Dystrophy Association, New York City, 1982-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Shriver Hall Concert Series, Baltimore, since 1985. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society for CellBiology (councilor), American Physiological Society, Society General Physiologists (president 1988-1989), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Vivian Zarelda Walston, June 8, 1963. Children: Benjamin D., Douglas M., Margaret Hinds.
Education
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1963
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1968
Career
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1969 - 1985
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1978
Awards
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National Science Foundation fellow, 1963-1967, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow, 1963. National Institutes of Health grantee,1988. Morehead scholar U. North Carolina, 1959-1963.National Science Foundation fellow, 1963-1967, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow, 1963. National Institutes of Health grantee,1988. Morehead scholar U. North Carolina, 1959-1963.