Background
Echols, Harrison was born on May 1, 1933 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Gessner Harrison and Ann Shippen (Young) Echols.
Echols, Harrison was born on May 1, 1933 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Gessner Harrison and Ann Shippen (Young) Echols.
Bachelor in Physics, University of Virginia, 1955; Master of Arts in Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959.
Postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1960; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1963; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1967; professor biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967-1969; professor molecular biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-1993.
Member National Academy of Sciences, 1991, American Society Biological Chemists, Genetics Society of America, American Society Microbiology.
Married Jean Harford Crutchfield, December 18, 1954 (divorced 1973). Children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Jean, Robert. Married Carla Anne Babcock, September 11, 1977 (divorced 1989).