Background
Hess, George Paul was born on November 18, 1926 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Henry Steven Hess and Edith Muller.
Hess, George Paul was born on November 18, 1926 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Henry Steven Hess and Edith Muller.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1951, Doctor of Philosophy, 1953. Postdoctoral fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953-1955, National Infantile Paralysis, 1953-1955. Instructor Cornell Medical School, 1955.
Assistant professor biochemistry Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1956-1960, associate professor, 1960-1964, professor, 1964.
Visiting fellow chemistry Yale University, 1960, United States State Department Cultural Exchange professor to Europe, 1963. Visiting professor biophysics University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1964-1965, biochemistry U. Hawaii, Honolulu, January 1966, chemistry U. Arizona, Tucson, February 1968, biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990.
United States State Department Cultural Exch. professor to Europe, 1970. Lecturer Naito Foundation, Japan, 1988.
With United States Army, 1945-1947.
Member Biochemistry; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, Biophys.Soc., Federation American Societies of Experimental Biologists, New York Academy Sciences, Society Neurosci., Protein Society.
Married Betsey South. Williams, October 1953 (divorced December 1979). Married second, Susan Elizabeth Coombs, 1980. Children: Peter, Richard, Paul, David.