Background
Jagger, John was born on February 22, 1924 in New Haven. Son of John William and Carrie Eleanor (Van Sickels) Jagger.
(. . . human kind cannot bear very much reality. T. S. ELI...)
. . . human kind cannot bear very much reality. T. S. ELIOT, Four Quartets When I was a little child, I lived in an old and somewhat rickety house by the sea. When the winter wind blew, the house would shake and tremble, and cold drafts would whistle through cracks in the walls. You might have thought that lying in bed in a dark room on such cold, windy nights would have frightened me. But it had just the opposite effect: having known this en vironment since birth, I actually found the shaking of the house, the whistling of the wind, and the crashing of the sea to be comforting, and I was lulled to sleep by these familiar sounds. They signaled to me that all was right with the world and that the forces of nature were operating in the normal way. But I did have a problem. On the dimly lit landing of the staircase leading up to my bedroom, there was a large and dark picture of a male lion, sitting as such lions do with his massive paws in front of him and his head erect, turned slightly to the right, and staring straight out at you with yellow blazing eyes. I had great difficulty getting past that lion. Someone would have to hold my hand and take me up to bed, past the dreaded picture.
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Jagger, John was born on February 22, 1924 in New Haven. Son of John William and Carrie Eleanor (Van Sickels) Jagger.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Yale University, 1954.
Postdoctoral fellow, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Radium Institute, Paris, 1954-1956;
biophysicist biology division, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1956-1965;
professor of biology, University Texas at Dallas, Richardson, 1965-1981;
professor of general studies and biology, University Texas at Dallas, Richardson, 1981-1986;
retired, 1986. Visiting professor U. Kyoto, Japan, 1979. President United States National Committee on Photobiology, National Research Council, Washington, 1978-1980.
Member external advisory group Lovelace Medical Foundation, Albuquerque, 1985-1989. Consultant PurePulse Technologies, SanDiego, since 1993. Member of advisory board Advocates for Responsible Disposal in Texas, Austin, since 1994.
(. . . human kind cannot bear very much reality. T. S. ELI...)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Photobiology (president 1983-1984, Lifetime Achievement award 1991), Health Physics Society.
Married Mary Esther Gaulden, October 19, 1956. Children: Thomas Alexander, Yvonne Virginia.