John Nicholas Fain

Background

Fain, John Nicholas was born on August 18, 1934 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Samuel Clark and Virginia Manson (Hunt) Fain.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Carson-Newman College, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Emory University, 1960.

Career

Research associate, Emory University, Atlanta, 1960-1961; National Science Foundation fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1962; postdoctoral fellow United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1962-1963; biochemist, National Institutes of Health and National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, 1963-1965; assistant professor, Brown U., Providence, 1965-1968; associate professor, Brown U., Providence, 1968-1971; professor, Brown U., Providence, 1971-1985; chairman biochemistry, Brown U., Providence, 1975-1985; Van Vleet professor, chairman, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1985.

Achievements

• John Nicholas Fain has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware general assembly United Presbyterian Church, Providence, 1972. Member American Society Biological Chemists, Bio-chemical Society, American Physiological Society.

Connections

Married Ann Duff, June 7, 1958. Children: Margaret Ann, John Nicholas Junior, James Clark.

Father:

Samuel Clark Fain

Mother:

Virginia Manson (Hunt) Fain

Spouse:

Ann Duff

child:

James Clark Fain

child:

John Nicholas Junior Fain

child:

Margaret Ann Fain