Background
Forte, John Gaetano was born on December 23, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gaetano Angelo and Catherine (Cerebone) Forte.
Forte, John Gaetano was born on December 23, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gaetano Angelo and Catherine (Cerebone) Forte.
AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1961.
Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1961-1962; associate in physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962-1964; research associate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1964-1965; assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965-1969; associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-1974; department chairman physiology, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1978; professor molecular cell biology, University of California, Berkeley, since 1974; Miller research professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-1982. Member physiology study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1976, chairman physiology study section, 1976-1978, member clinical science study section, 1985-1989.
Member American Physiological Association (Hoffman-LaRoche prize in Gastrointestinal Physiology 1984), American Gastroenterol. Association (William Beaumont prize in Gastroenterology 1985), Gastroenterology Research Group (Executive Committee since 1992), Biophysics Society.
Married Trudy M. Michel, June 3, 1961. Children: Michele E., John G. Junior, Susan C.