Background
Woolley, George Walter was born on November 9, 1904 in Osborne, Kansas, United States. Son of George Aitcheson and Nora Belle (Jackson) Woolley.
Woolley, George Walter was born on November 9, 1904 in Osborne, Kansas, United States. Son of George Aitcheson and Nora Belle (Jackson) Woolley.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1930; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1935.
Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1935-1936;
member of staff, Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine., 1936-1949;
board directors, Jackson Memorial Laboratory, 1937-1949;
vice president board, Jackson Memorial Laboratory, 1943-1947;
assistant director and science administrator, Jackson Memorial Laboratory, 1947-1949;
visiting research associate, Jackson Memorial Laboratory, since 1949;
member chief division steroid biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1949-1958;
professor biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1949-1958;
professor biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute division Cornell Univercity Medical College, Ithaca, New York, since 1951;
chief division human tumor experimental chemotherapy, Sloan-Kettering Institute division Cornell Univercity Medical College, Ithaca, New York, 1958-1961;
chief division tumor biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute division Cornell Univercity Medical College, Ithaca, New York, 1961-1966;
associate scientist, Sloan-Kettering Institute Cancer Research, since 1966;
health science administrator, program coordinator, head biological science section, National Institute General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 1966-1985. Consultant National Education Service United States, Washington, since 1961. Special consultant to National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, since 1956.
Member Expert Panel on Carcinogenicity, unio international contra cancerum, since 1962. Member panel commission on growth National Research Council, 1945-1951. Member several international medical congresses.
Trustee Dalton Schools, New York City. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Museum Natural History, National Science Teachers Association (consultant since 1961), American Association Cancer Research (director 1951-1954), American Society Human Genetics, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Association Anatomists, American Genetic Association, Wisconsin Academy Arts Science and Letters, Jackson Laboratory Association, Genetics Society of America, Environmental Mutagen Society, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor (Maine) Yacht.
Married Anne Geneva Collins, November 2, 1936. Children: George Aitcheson, Margaret Anne, Lawrence Jackson.