Background
Halvorson, Harlyn Odell was born on May 17, 1925 in Minneapolis. Son of Halvor Orin and Selma (Halvorson) Halvorson.
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Harlyn Odell Halvorson
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Bachelor of Science cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1948; Master of Science in Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology, University of Illinois, 1952.
Career
Instructor, University of Michigan Medical School, 1952-1954;
assistant professor department bacteriology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1954-1956;
associate professor, University of Michigan Medical School, 1956-1962;
professor, University of Michigan Medical School, 1962-1971;
chairman, Laboratory Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1970;
professor biology, director Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1971-1987;
instructor physiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1962-1965, 67;
investigator, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1964-1992;
member Executive Committee, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1970-1976;
instructor microbial ecology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1979, 81-84;
trustee, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1978-1992;
president, director, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1987-1992;
director, U. Massachusetts Policy Center for Marine Bioscis. & Technology, Woods Hole. Member of advisory board Question Manager research NAS-National Research Council, since 1958.
Visiting professor bacteriology, U. Washington, 1959. Instructor molecular basis of regulation, Bergen, Norway, 1968, differentiation Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1965, Ribonucleic acid-DNA hybridization, Naples, Italy, 1966. Career professor National Institutes of Health, 1963-1971.
Visiting investigator Laboratory Enzymology Central National de Recherche Science, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1965-1966. Member committee mariner sterilization, consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Member space science board, planetary biological and chemical evolution National Research Council.
Research advising committee USDA. Member Fogarty International Fellowship Review Panel. Board directors Bioscience Information Svc., 1982-1985, Chairman of the Board, 1986-1987.
Advisory board National Downs Syndrome Society, 1980-1984. Advisory board Stazione Zoologica, Naples, since 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board higher education Lutheran College, 1964-1967. Trustee Foundation Microbiology, 1972, treasurer, 1983-1987. Board visitors Boston University, 1979-1986.
Trustee Selman Waksman Foundation With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member NAS, NAS Institute Medicine, American Institute Biological Sciences (consultant, lecturer 1970, editor 25th anniversary volunteer), American Academy Microbiology (Board of Governors), American Society Microbiology (vice president 1975-1976, president 1976-1977, chairman public sci.affairs board 1979-1989, county policy committee, councillor-at-large, commission on monographs, lecturer 1969, chairman physiology division 1961), Association Biomed.Rsch. (founding member, Executive Committee 1980-1984), International Research Organisation, Council Science Society President' (chairman), American Academy Science, American Academy Arts and Science, Association American Medical Colls.
(planning committee), American Chemical Society, American Cancer Society, (etiology advisory panel), Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma
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Connections
Married Jean Erickson, August 26, 1954. Children: Lisa, Philip.
