Background
Porter, John Willard was born on June 12, 1915 in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George Willard and Josephine (Gunderson) Porter.
Porter, John Willard was born on June 12, 1915 in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George Willard and Josephine (Gunderson) Porter.
Assistant chemist, Purdue University, 1942-1945; assistant.prof., Purdue University, 1945-1949; assistant chemist, Armed Services Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Chicago, 1945; senior scientist, General Electric, Hanford, Washington, 1949-1954; Enzyme Institute fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1954-1956; associate professor department physiological chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1964; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964-1984. Assistant chief Radioisotope Service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Madison, 1956-1964, chief Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, 1964-1984.
(Book by Porter, John W., Spurgeon, Sandra L.)
Member National Academy of Sciences (chairman subcommittee), American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society, American Society Plant Physiologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Reynolds, June 12, 1941. Children: John Willard, Mary Grace, Susan Ann, James Alvin.