Background
Kirkman, Hadley was born on March 14, 1901 in Richmond, Indiana, United States. Son of Madison Lee and Leila Piety (Hadley) Kirkman.
Kirkman, Hadley was born on March 14, 1901 in Richmond, Indiana, United States. Son of Madison Lee and Leila Piety (Hadley) Kirkman.
Student, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1924. AB, Iowa University, 1925. Master of Science, University Chicago, 1929.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1937.
Acting assistant professor zoology Ohio University, 1928—1929. Instructor anatomy New York Medical College, 1929—1932, Columbia University, 1934—1936, Stanford (California) University, 1936—1938, assistant professor, 1938—1943, associate professor, 1943—1959, professor, 1949—1965, active professor emeritus, from 1965. Senior fellow National Science Foundation, 1957—1958.
Special fellow United States Public Health Service, 1958—1959.
Member of American Association of University Professors, American Association Cancer Research, American Association Anatomists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Married Gladys L. Tracy, April 5, 1942. 1 child Tracy Leigh Kirkman-Liff.