Background
Oncley, John Lawrence was born on February 14, 1910 in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence and Emma Arena (Hunsche) Oncley.
consultant Biophysics educator
Oncley, John Lawrence was born on February 14, 1910 in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence and Emma Arena (Hunsche) Oncley.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1929; Doctor of Science (honorary), Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1933; A.M. (honorary), Harvard University, 1946.
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1934-1935;
with research laboratory, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, summer 1935;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1935-1943;
research associate to professor, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1939-1962;
professor biophysics, director, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962-1980;
emeritus professor of chemistry and biological chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1980. Consultant General Radio Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1941-1944. Biophysics consultant Army Chemical Corps, Fort Detrick, Frederick Maryland., 1954-1967.
Member study section/training grant committees National Institutes of Health, General Medical Science, Bethesda, Maryland., 1954-1965, General Medical Science Council, 1968-1972.
Fellow National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association (High Blood Pressure Society. Stauffer prize 1972). Member American Chemical Society (councilor 1956-1962, Pure Chemistry award 1942), American Academy Arts and Sciences (fellow.
Secretary 1959-1962), Biophysics Society (president 1962-1963), International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (committee. President committee on protein standards 1951-1955, 57-59), American Society Biological Chemists, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma Lodges: Rotary (secretary 1982-1985, 88-89).
Married Genevieve Reese, June 14, 1933 (deceased May 1971). Children: Genevieve Louise Oncley August, Nancy Anne Oncley Thyng. Married second, Lephia French Giles, March 3, 1972.