Background
Ruddle, Francis Hugh was born on August 19, 1929 in West New York, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas Hugh and Mary Henley (Rodda) Ruddle.
Ruddle, Francis Hugh was born on August 19, 1929 in West New York, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas Hugh and Mary Henley (Rodda) Ruddle.
Bachelor, Wayne State University, 1953. Master of Science, Wayne State University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University California-Berkeley, 1960.
Degree (honorary), Lawrence University, 1982. Degree (honorary), Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1983. Degree (honorary), Wayne State University, 1990.
Assistant professor Yale University, New Haven, 1961-1967, associate professor, 1967-1972, professor biology and human genetics, since 1972, Ross Granville Harrison professor biology, 1983-1988, Sterling professor biology, since 1988, chairman department biology, 1977-1983, 88—. Advisory committee American Type Culture Collection, 1963-1971. Planning committee 1st International Congress on Cell Biology, 1975.
Member cell study section National Institutes of Health, 1965-1970, chairman mutant cell lines committee, 1972-1977. R.E. Dyer lecturer, 1978. Merck lecturer Montreal Cancer Institute, 1979.
Condon lecturer University Oregon, 1981. Co-chairman 10th International Workshop on Human Gene Mapping, 1989.
Editor Genomics, since 1986. Editor-in-chief Journal Experimental Zoology, since 1985. Editorial board Experimental Cell Research, since 1975, Genetics, since 1973, In Vitro, since 1970, Somatic Cell Genetics, since 1975, American Journal Cell Biology, Biochemistry.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1946-1949. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences (award 1987). Member National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering, Harvey Society, Society Development Biology (president 1971-1972, trustee 1970-1973), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology (president 1987), American Society Human Genetics (director 1972-1975, president 1984-1985, 85-86, Allan award 1983), American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoologists, Genetics Society of America, American Society Biochemistry, Pattern Recognition Society, Tissue Culture Association (director), American Cancer Society, Sigma Xi (president Yale University chapter 1985).
Boating.
Married Nancy Marion Hartman, August 1, 1964. Children: Kathlyn Gabrielle, Amy Elizabeth.