Background
Buck, John Bonner was born on September 26, 1912 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Sumner and Carrie Elizabeth (Bonner) Buck.
Buck, John Bonner was born on September 26, 1912 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Sumner and Carrie Elizabeth (Bonner) Buck.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1933; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1936.
Assistant zoology, Johns Hopkins, 1933-1936;
National Research Council fellow, California Institute Technology, 1936-1937;
research associate, Carnegie Institution, 1937-1939;
assistant professor zoology, U. Rochester, 1939-1945;
physiologist, National Institutes of Health, 1945-1985;
chief laboratory physical biology, National Institutes of Health, 1962-1974;
scientist emeritus, National Institutes of Health, since 1985. Member Johns Hopkins expeditions to Jamaica, 1936, 41, 62. Visiting professor U. Washington, 1951, California Institute Technology, 1953, Cambridge (England) University, 1963-1964, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978.
Instructor Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1942-1944, 57-59, trustee, 1959-1981. Special research chromosome structure, insect respiration, firefly physiology. Leader Alpha Helix Expedition to New Guinea, 1969.
Member National Research Council, 1957-1959, 71-74.
Member Society General Physiologists (secretary 1953-1955, president 1960), American Society Zoologists (vice president 1956).
Married Elisabeth Tennent Mast, December 22, 1939. Children— Peter, Susan, Judith, Alan.