Background
Gest, Howard was born on October 15, 1921 in London.
Gest, Howard was born on October 15, 1921 in London.
Bachelor of Arts Bacteriology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942; postgraduate in biology (University fellow), Vanderbilt University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology (American Cancer Society fellow), Washington University, St. Louis, 1949.
Research assistant Metallurgical Laboratory (Manhattan Project) University Chicago, 1943. From junior to associate chemist Clinton Laboratories (Manhattan Project), Oak Ridge, 1943-1946. Instructor microbiology Western Reserve University School Medicine, 1949-1951, assistant professor microbiology, 1951-1953, associate professor, 1953-1959.
United States Public Health Service special research fellow in biology California Institute of Technology, 1956-1957. Professor Henry Shaw School Botany, Washington University, 1959-1964, department zoology, 1964-1966. Professor Indiana University, Bloomington, 1966-1978, distinguished professor microbiology, since 1978, distinguished professor emeritus microbiology, since 1987, adjunct professor history and philosophy of science, since 1983, chairman department microbiology, 1966-1970, distinguished faculty research lecturer, 1987.
National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow National Institute Medical Research, London, 1965—1966. Guggenheim fellow Imperial College, London, University Stockholm, University Tokyo. Visiting professor department biophysics and biochemistry University Tokyo and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1970.
Member study section bacteriology and mycology National Institutes of Health, 1966—1968, chairman study section microbial chemistry, 1968—1969, member study section microbial physiology and genetics, 1988—1990. Member committee microbiology problems of man in extended space flight National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1967—1969. Guggenheim fellow Imperial College, London, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979—1980.
1st H.D. Peck lecturer University Georgia, 1994. Cummings lecturer Bucknell University, 1997.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology. Member: American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Microbiology (honorary).
Married Janet Olin, September 8, 1941 (deceased 1994). Children: Theodore Olin, Michael Henry, Donald Evan. Married Virginia Davies Ollis, January 6, 1998.