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Wool, Ira Goodwin was born on August 22, 1925 in Newark. Son of Abraham Herman and Edith (Jacobs) Wool.
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Ira Goodwin Wool
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Ira Goodwin Wool, American Biochemist, molecular biologist, educator. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Society Cell Biology, Bio-chemical Society (England), American Society Biological Chemists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, 1949; Doctor of Medicine University of Chicago, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1954.
Career
United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow in physiology, University of Chicago, 1953-1954; Commonwealth fellow department physiology, University of Chicago, 1956-1957; assistant professor physiology, University of Chicago, 1957-1962; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1962-1965; professor departments physiology, biochemistry, University of Chicago, 1965-1973; A.J. Carlson professor biological science, department biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Chicago, since 1973; intern, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1954-1955; assistant resident in internal medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, 1955-1956; teaching fellow in physiology, Harvard University, 1955-1956. Member molecular biology study section National Institutes of Health, 1974-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Cell Biology, Bio-chemical Society (England), American Society Biological Chemists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Glorye Needlman, September 14, 1950 (divorced October 1989). Children: Christopher Douglas, Jonathan Andrew. Married Barbara Mirecki, April 22, 1991.
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American
Education
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1949
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1953
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1954