Background
Ashton, Geoffrey Cyril was born on July 5, 1925 in Croydon, England. Son of Cyril Hanniss and Ethel (Pate) Ashton.
Ashton, Geoffrey Cyril was born on July 5, 1925 in Croydon, England. Son of Cyril Hanniss and Ethel (Pate) Ashton.
Bachelor of Science, Liverpool University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Liverpool University, 1958. D.Sc, Liverpool University, 1967.
Research assistant, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1948-1950; section leader, Glaxo laboratories, England, 1951-1956; senior science officer, Farm Livestock Research Centre, England, 1956-1958; principal research officer, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia, 1958-1964; professor genetics, U. Hawaii, 1964-1995; professor emeritus, since 1995; department chairman, U. Hawaii, 1979-1988; assistant vice chancellor, U. Hawaii, 1972-1974; vice chancellor, U. Hawaii, 1974-1978; director health, instructor research unit, U. Hawaii, 1986-1993; president, MedMedia Inc., since 1994. Member blood group scientists panel Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), since 1963, chairman subcommittee on protein polymorphism nomenclature, since 1963.
Member.Brit. Commonwealth Club of Hawaii (president 1993), Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Kathleen J. Stanley, February 25, 1951. Children— Carolyn Joy, Kathryn Alison, Melinda Jane, Jonathan Geoffrey.