Background
Tomkins, Gordon Mayer was born on June 4, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Howard Samuel and Jean (Gordon) Tomkins.
Tomkins, Gordon Mayer was born on June 4, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Howard Samuel and Jean (Gordon) Tomkins.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California at Los Angeles, 1945. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University California at Berkeley, 1953.
Intern, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. Investigator National Heart Institute, 1953-1955. Investigator clinical branch National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, 1955-1958, chief sect, metabolic enzymes, 1958-1962, became chief laboratory molecular biology, 1962-1969.
Mider lecturer National Institutes of Health, 1969.
Jessup lecturer Columbia University, 1971. Professor biochemistry, vice department chairman biochemistry and biophysics University of California at San Francisco, 1969-1975.
Harvey Society lecturer Columbia, 1971. Prather lecturer Harvard, 1972.
Member national advisory board American Cancer Society, 1969-1972. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Chemical Society, American Society Human Genetics, Washington Philosophical Society, Endocrine Society.
Member editorial board Endocrinology, 1968-1971, Developmental Biology, 1970, Annual Review Biochemistry, Journal Molecular Biology, 1972-1974, Cell: Journal of Cell Biology, 1972-1974, Journal of Cellular Physiology.
Married Millicent Hanson, July 19, 1951. Children: Leslie Jean, Tanya Gordon.