John Mack Prescott

Background

Prescott, John Mack was born on January 22, 1921 in San Marcos, Texas, United States. Son of John Mack and Maude (Raborn) Prescott.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Southwest Texas State College, 1941. Master of Science in Biochemistry and Nutrition, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University Wisconsin, 1952.

Career

Laboratory assistant, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas, 1942-1943; faculty, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1946-1949, 52-85; professor biochemistry, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1959-1985; dean College Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1970-1977; vice president for academic affairs, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1977-1981; director Institute Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1981-1987; professor medical biochemistry, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1981-1985; professor emeritus, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1985; special assistant to deputy chancellor for biotechnology development, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1987-1988; research assistant, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1949-1951; research assistant, University Texas, Austin, 1951-1952; visiting professor, Harvard Medical School, 1982.

Achievements

• John Mack Prescott has been listed as a noteworthy biochemist, university administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Texas Board Examiners in Basic Sciences, 1974-1979, member Texas State Board Education, 1984-1988. Served to lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1946-1968.

Member American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Kathryn Ann Kelly, June 8, 1946. Children: Stephen Michael, Donald Wyatt.

Father:

John Mack Prescott

Mother:

Maude (Raborn) Prescott

Spouse:

Kathryn Ann Kelly

child:

Stephen Michael Prescott

child:

Donald Wyatt Prescott