John Jermyn Christian

Background

Christian, John Jermyn was born on April 12, 1917 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Oren and Margaret Adams (Jermyn) Christian.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1939. Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1954.

Career

Research pharmacologist, Wyeth Inc. Research laboratories, Philadelphia, 1947-1951; physiologist, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1951-1959; research associate, Johns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 1954-1959; associate director, Philadelphia Zoological Society, Penrose Research Laboratory, Philadelphia, 1959-1962; member, Albert Einstein Medical Center Research laboratories, Philadelphia, 1962-1970; professor biology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1970-1987; professor emeritus, State University of New York, Binghamton, since 1987. Secretary Endocrine Study, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1958-1963.

Achievements

• John Jermyn Christian has been listed as a noteworthy Biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Life member Nature Conservancy, 1989. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Society Mammalogists, American Ornithologists Union, American Association Pathologists, Endocrine Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Wildlife Society.

Connections

Married Constance O. Koons, June 26, 1942 (divorced September 1958). 1 child, John Jay Junior. Married Patricia Hart, November 6, 1958.

1 child, Patricia Jean.

Father:

John Oren Christian

Mother:

Margaret Adams (Jermyn) Christian

Spouse:

Constance O. Koons

Spouse:

Patricia Hart

child:

Patricia Jean Christian

child:

John Jay Junior Christian