James Baxter Turpen

Background

Turpen, James Baxter was born on September 27, 1945 in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Son of Robert Morrison and Anna Mildred (Mitchel) Turpen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Zoology, U. Denver, 1967; Master of Science in Zoology, U. Denver, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 1973.

Career

Instructor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1973-1974; postdoctoral fellow, U. Rochester (New York) Medical Center, 1974-1976; assistant professor, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1976-1983; assistant professor, U. Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 1983-1986; associate professor, U. Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, since 1986. Member of advisory panel-cell biology National Science Foundation, Washington, 1991-1993. Reviewer numerous journals, since 1975.

Member Basel (Switzerland) Institute for Immunology, 1985.

Achievements

• James Baxter Turpen has been listed as a noteworthy Anatomy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Recipient Research Career Development award. Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1976-1990, 80-85, National Science Foundation, since 1991. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Immunologists, American Association Anatomists, American Society Zoologists (secretary DCI 1984-1990).

Connections

Married Carol J. Phelps, June 13, 1969 (divorced April 1982). Children: James Matthew, John Alan. Married Paul Beth Smith, October 8, 1983.

1 child, Ross Morrison.

Father:

Robert Morrison Turpen

Mother:

Anna Mildred (Mitchel) Turpen

Spouse:

Carol J. Phelps

Spouse:

Paul Beth Smith

child:

John Alan Turpen

child:

Ross Morrison Turpen

child:

James Matthew Turpen