Background
Spizizen, John was born on February 7, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Nathan and Sarah Spizizen.
Spizizen, John was born on February 7, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Nathan and Sarah Spizizen.
Bachelor, University Toronto, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1942.
Associate in virus research Merck, Sharp and Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1946-1954. Associate professor department microbiology Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1954-1961. Professor, head department microbiology University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1965.
Chairman department microbiology Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, 1965-1979. Professor, head department microbiology and immunology University Arizona, Tucson, 1979-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987. Board governors Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 1970-1982. board science advisors La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, since 1978.
Member committee for research and training National Institutes of Health, 1962-1979, American Cancer Society, since 1967. Member committees National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970-1978.
Served to captain United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Society Microbiology, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Married Louise Myers, April 1969. 1 child, Gary.