Background
Bern, Howard Alan was born on January 30, 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bern, Howard Alan was born on January 30, 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1941. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948.
Doctor (honorary), University Rouen, France, 1996. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Hokkaido, Japan, 1994. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Yokohama City University, 1997.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Toho University, Japan, 2001.
National Research Council predoctoral fellow in biology University of California at Los Angeles, 1946—1948. Instructor in zoology University California, Berkeley, 1948-1950, assistant professor, 1950-1956, associate professor, 1956-1960, professor, 1960-1989, professor integrative biology, 1989-1990, professor emeritus, since 1990. Research endocrinologist Cancer Research Laboratory, University California, since 1960.
Chair group in endocrinology University California, 1962-1990, faculty research lecturer, 1988. Research professor Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, 1961. Visiting professor pharmacology University Bristol, 1965-1966, University Kerala, India, 1967, Ocean Research Institute, University Tokyo, 1971, 86, University Puerto Rico, 1973-1974, University Tel Aviv, 1975, National Museum Natural History, Paris, 1981, Toho University, Funabashi, Japan, 1982-1984, 86-89, University Hawaii, 1986, 91-93, Hokkaido University, 1992, 94, University Florida, 1991-1992.
James visiting professor St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 1986. Walker-Ames professor University Washington, 1977. Distinguished visitor University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1981.
John W. Cowper Distinguished visiting lecturer State University of New York, Buffalo, 1984. Watkins visiting professor Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1984. Visiting scholar Meiji University, Tokyo, 1986.
International guest professor Yokohama City University, Japan, 1988, 95. Advisory committee on institutional research grants American Cancer Society, 1967-1970. Advisory committee National Cancer Institute, 1975-1979.
Advisory committee in endocrinology and metabolism National Institutes of Health, 1978-1979. Member General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, Sloan Medal Selection Committee, 1984-1985, Japan International Prize in Biology Selection Committee, 1987, 92, 96. Guest of honor International Symposium Amphibian and Reptilian Endocrinology and Neurobiology, Camerino, Italy, 2001, Jeju, Korea, 2003.
Lecturer, speaker in field.
Member editorial board Endocrinology, 1962-1974, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Revs. In Fish Biology and Fisheries, Journal Experimental Zoology, 1965-1969, 86-89, International Review Cytology, Neuroendocrinology, 1974-1980, Cancer Research, 1975-1978, Journal Comparative Physiology B, 1977-1984, American Zoologist, 1978-1983, Acta Zoologica, 1982-1996, Zoological Science, Tokyo, 1984-2002. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Associate National Museum Natural History, Paris, 1980. Advisory committee Contra Costa Cancer Research Fund, 1984-1998, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, 1987-1992. Fellow National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Indian National Science Academy (foreign), Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti Napoli (foreign), California Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (foreign), American Institute Fishery Research Biologists (honorary), Fisheries Society British Isles (honorary).
Member Society Integrative Comparative Biology (honorary. President 1967, Howard A. Bern Distinguished Lectureship in comparative endocrinology 2002^), American Association Cancer Research, American Physiological Society, Endocrine Society, International Society Neuroendocrinology (council 1977-1980), Experimental Biology and Medicine (council 1980-1983), American Society Molec. Marine Biological Biotechnology, Western Society Naturalists, Japan Society Zootech.
Science (honorary), American Fisheries Society, Japan Society Comparative Endocrinology (honorary), Cosmos Club.
Married Estelle Bruck, 1946. Children: Alan, Lauren.