Background
Wood, John Lewis was born on August 7, 1912 in Homer, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Horton and Ellen (Palmer) Wood.
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Wood, John Lewis was born on August 7, 1912 in Homer, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Horton and Ellen (Palmer) Wood.
Student, Blackburn College, 1930-1932; Doctor of Science, Blackburn College, 1955; Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1937.
With department biochemistry, George Washington University Medical School, 1937-1938; research associate, Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1938-1939; Finney-Howell fellow, Harvard University, 1940-1941; associate chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, Philadelphia, 1941-1942; research associate, Cornell Univercity, 1942-1944; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, 1944-1946; member of faculty, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1946-1980; professor biochemistry, U. Tennessee, 1950-1980; department chairman biochemistry, U. Tennessee, 1954-1968; Distinguished Service professor, U. Tennessee, 1972-1980; associate dean Graduate School Medical Sciences, U. Tennessee, 1978-1979; dean Graduate School Medical Sciences, U. Tennessee, 1979-1980; emeritus professor, U. Tennessee, since 1980; visiting professor, Southwestern at Memphis, 1983; senior staff scientist, Life Sciences Research Office, Federation American Socs. Experimental Biology, 1980-1981.
Fellow Tennessee Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, Association Cancer Research, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Amy Josephine Berks, October 4, 1941. Children: Linda Ellen, Philip Berks.