Background
Gall, Joseph Grafton was born on April 14, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Christian and Elsie (Rosenberger) Gall.
Gall, Joseph Grafton was born on April 14, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Christian and Elsie (Rosenberger) Gall.
Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Yale University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1952.
Faculty University Minnesota, 1952-1963, professor, 1963. Professor biology and molecular biophysics Yale, 1963-1983. Staff department embryology Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, since 1983, American Cancer Society professor developmental genetics, since 1984.
Member cell biology study section National Institutes of Health, 1963-1967, chairman, 1972-1975. Chairman board science counselors National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1986-1990. Member Yale Corporation, 1989-1995.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (Mentor award for lifetime achievement 1996), American Society Cell Biology (president 1967-1968), Genetics Society of America, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Society Developmental Biology (president 1984-1985, Lifetime Achievement award 2004).
Married Dolores Marie Hogge, September 17, 1955 (divorced 1982). Children: Lawrence, Barbara. Married Diane Marie Dwyer, July 17, 1982.