Background
Blair, Henry Alexander was born on January 6, 1900 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Edward and Isabella (MacFarlane) Blair.
Blair, Henry Alexander was born on January 6, 1900 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Edward and Isabella (MacFarlane) Blair.
Bachelor of Science, University of Manitoba, 1925. Master of Science, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1930.
Came to the United States, 1927, naturalized, 1942. Demonstrator, physics, University of Manitoba, 1924-1927. Lecturer, mathematics, Manitoba Agricultural College, 1926-1927.
Research assistant physics, Princeton University, 1927-1929.
Instructor biophysics, Western Reserve Medical School, 1930-1932. Instructor physiology, University of Rochester, 1932-1934, assistant professor, 1934-1940, associate professor, 1940-1948, professor since 1948, director department radiation biology, and University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project.
Member technical information panel A.E.C. Served with C.E.F., 1918-1919. Member Radiation Research Society, American Physical Society, American Physiological Society, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Physics, Sigma Xi.
. Member editorial board Journal Neurophysiology, 1945-1955, American Journal Physiology, 1953-1956, Journal Applied Physiology, 1953-1956.
Secretary Atomic Energy Commission commission on fellowships in industrial medicine.
Married Eva Andrews, August 4, 1926. Children: Shirley Isabelle, Barbara Elizabeth, Henry Alexander Blair.