Background
Troyer, John Robert was born on February 5, 1928 in Princeton, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice Emanuel and Arvilla Elizabeth (Sprunger) Troyer.
Troyer, John Robert was born on February 5, 1928 in Princeton, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice Emanuel and Arvilla Elizabeth (Sprunger) Troyer.
AB, Syracuse University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1955.
Laboratory assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1949-1954; instructor anatomy, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1954-1959; assistant professor, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1959-1963; associate professor, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1963-1969; John Franklin Huber professor anatomy and cell biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1969-1993; department chairman anatomy, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1979-1993; department chairman anatomy and cell biology, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1990-1993; co-director embryology, neuroanatomy courses research hibernation, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1954-1986; researcher in congenital abnormalities, School Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1968-1993; retired, 1993. Co-director anatomy training grant National Institutes of Health, 1965-1970.
Elder director Christian education county 1st Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1963-1969. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, American Association Anatomists, Association Anatomy College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, American Society Mammalogists, Cajal Club, Hibernation Information Exch., SigmaXi (president Temple chapter 1964-1965), Alpha Omega Alpha, Gamma Alpha (president 1953-1954).
Married Ruth Ann Moore, August 18, 1956. Children: David Eric, Susan Elizabeth, Mark Robert, Karen Ruth.