Background
Bonner, James Frederick was born on September 1, 1910 in Ansley, Nebraska, United States. Son of Walter Daniel and Grace (Gaylord) Bonner.
genetic engineering researcher Biology educator
Bonner, James Frederick was born on September 1, 1910 in Ansley, Nebraska, United States. Son of Walter Daniel and Grace (Gaylord) Bonner.
Bachelor of Arts Utah, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1934. Master of Science (honorary), Oxford University, England, 1963.
Degree (honorary), Westminster College, Salt Lake City, 1970.
Postdoctoral fellow University Leiden, Netherlands, 1934. Postdoctoral fellow Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich, 1935. Instructor to professor biology California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1936-1981, professor emeritus, since 1981.
Chairman board Phytogen Corporation, since 1981. Eastman professor Oxford University, England, 1963-1964. Consultant Malaysian Rubber Board, Kuala Lumpur, since 1960.
Member biology panel President's Science Advisory Committee, Washington, 1957-1962. Member advisory committees National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1960-1970.
Plant Biochemistry 1950, Principles of Plant Physiology 1952, The Next 100 Years 1957, The Nucleohistones 1964, The Molecular Biology of Development 1965, The Next 90 Years 1967, The Next 80 Years 1977, The World’s People, the World’s Food 1980, and c. 500 scientific pubis.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (Tolman prize 1974), American Society Plant Physiologists (president 1949-1950), American Society Biological Chemists Clubs: American Alpine (New York City).
Avocations: skiing; mountain climbing.
Married Ingelore Silberbach, November 11, 1967. Children– Joey, James Jose, Pamela, Terry.