Background
Yerganian, George was born on June 14, 1923 in New York City. Son of Charles and Miriam (Krishjian) Yerganian.
Yerganian, George was born on June 14, 1923 in New York City. Son of Charles and Miriam (Krishjian) Yerganian.
Bachelor of Science in Botany, Michigan State University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Harvard University, 1951.
Instructor in botany (cytology), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1951; Atomic Energy Commission Postdoctoral fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1951-1952; postdoctoral fellow, Boston University, 1952-1953; National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Boston University and Children's Hospital, 1953-1954; chief laboratory cytogenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Boston, 1954-1978; senior research associate, School Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, since 1983; senior research associate, Cytogen Research and Development, Inc., West Roxbury, Massachusetts, since 1983. Member-delegate United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics genetics committee National Institutes of Health, 1973, 75. Member review panel for health research United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1981-1990.
Council member Bellevue Hill Association, West Roxbury, since 1990. Member Tissue Culture Association (secretary 1976-1980), Society for Leukocyte Biology, Venezuelan Tissue Culture Association (honorary), Knights of Vartan.
Married Sona Arzomanian, September 3, 1950. Children: Arra, Athena.