Background
Woodruff, Harold Boyd was born on July 22, 1917 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold E. and Sarah Velma (Smith) Woodruff.
Woodruff, Harold Boyd was born on July 22, 1917 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold E. and Sarah Velma (Smith) Woodruff.
Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1942.
Research assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1939-1942;
microbiologist, Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 1942-1952;
director microbiology department, Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, 1952-1969;
executive director biological science, Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, 1969-1973;
executive administrator, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research laboratories, Tokyo, Japan, 1973-1982;
president, Soil Microbiology Associations, Inc., Watchung, New Jersey, since 1982. President of the board American Society for Microbiology Foundation, Inc., Washington, 1972-1974. Trustee Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, 1972-1977, American Type Culture Collection, Washington, 1981-1987.
Science advising committee C.F. Kettering Research Foundation, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1972-1975, Waksman Institute Rutgers University, 1982-1986.
Fellow Society for Industrial Microbiology (president 1954-1956, Chas. Thom award 1973); member American Society for Microbiology (honorary, editor 1953-1963, treasurer 1965-1971), Society for General Microbiology, American Chemical Society, Kitasato Institute (honorary).
Married Jeanette Irene Whitner. Children: Brian W., Hugh B.