Background
Ebert, James David was born on December 11, 1921 in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alva Charles and Anna Frances (Brundege) Ebert.
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James David David David Ebert
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AB, Washington and Jefferson College, 1942. Doctor of Science, Washington and Jefferson College, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1950.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale, 1973. Doctor of Science (honorary), Indiana University, 1975. Doctor of Science (honorary), Duke University, 1992.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Moravian College, 1979.
Career
Junior instructor biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1946-1949;
Adam T. Bruce fellow biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1949-1950;
honorary professor biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1956-1986;
honorary professor embryology School Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1956-1986;
instructor biology, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1950-1951;
assistant professor zoology, Indiana U., 1951-1954;
associate professor, Indiana U., 1954-1956;
Patten visiting professor, Indiana U., 1963;
director department embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1956-1976;
president, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1978-1987;
trustee, Carnegie Institution of Washington, since 1987;
professor biology, Johns Hopkins University, since 1987;
director Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 1987-1992. Visiting scientist medical department Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1953-1954. Philips vis.prof. Haverford College, 1961.
Instructor in charge embryology training program Marine Biological Laboratory, summers 1962-1966, trustee, 1964-1998, honorary trustee,1998-, president, 1970-1978, 91-98, director, 1970-1975, 77-78. Member Commision on Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences, 1963-1966. Member visiting committee for biological and physical science Western Reserve U., 1964-1968.
Member panels on morphogenesis and biology of neoplasia of commission on growth National Research Council, 1954-1956. Member of advisory panel on genetic and developmental biology National Science Foundation, 1955-1956, member divisional committee for biology and medicine, 1962-1966, member university science development panel,1965-1970, advising committee for institutional development, 1970-1972. Member panel basic biological research in aging American Institute Biological Science, 1957-1960.
Member panel on cell biology National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1958-1962, member child health and human development training committee, 1963-1966. Member board science counselors National Cancer Institute, 1967-1971, National Institute Child Health, 1973-1977. Member Committee on Scholarly Communication with People's Republic of China, 1978-1981, chairman, 1989-1995.
Chairman National Committee on Science Education Studies & Assessment, 1992-1993, chairman Committee on Transportation and a Sustainable Environment, Transportation Research Board, 1995-1997. Member visiting commission to department biology Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1959-1968. Member visiting committee biology Harvard, 1969-1975, Princeton, 1970-1976.
Chairman of the Board sci.overseers Jackson Laboratory, 1976-1980. Member Institute Medicine. Board directors Baxter International, Transcend Therapeutics, Inc.
(formerly known as Free Radical Science, Inc.).
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Membership
Trustee Worcester Foundation Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Felow American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president medical science 1964), American Academy Arts and Sciences, International Society Development Biology. Member National Academy of Sciences (chairman assembly life science 1973-1977, vice president 1981-1993, chairman Government, University and Industry Research Roundtable 1987-1992, chairman on transportation and a sustainable environment 1994-1997), Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology (honorary foreign member), American Philosophical Society, American Institute Biological Sciences (president 1964, President's medal 1972), American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoologists (president 1970), Society Study Growth and Development (president 1957-1958), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma.
Connections
Married Alma Christine Goodwin, April 19, 1946. Children— Frances Diane, David Brian, Rebecca Susan.
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Nationality
American