Background
Porter, Keith Roberts was born on June 11, 1912 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of A.C. and Josephine (Roberts) Porter.
Porter, Keith Roberts was born on June 11, 1912 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of A.C. and Josephine (Roberts) Porter.
Bachelor in Biology and Chemistry, Acadia University, 1934. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1938.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Acadia University, 1964. Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1975. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, New York City, 1976.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Toronto, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Rome, 1986. Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1966.
Other honorary degrees, University Pierre et Marie Curie, 1979. Other honorary degrees, Medical University South Carolina, 1982. Other honorary degrees, University Colorado, 1982.
Other honorary degrees, University Western Ontario, 1983. Other honorary degrees, McGill University, 1984.
National research fellow in zoology Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1938-1939. Research assistant Rockefeller Institute, 1939-1945, associate, 1945-1950, associate member, 1950-1956, member, professor, head. cytology laboratory, 1956-1961. Professor biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1970, chairman department biology, 1965-1967.
Professor, chairman department molecular, cellular and development biology University Colorado, Boulder, 1968-1974, professor cell biology, 1974-1983, Distinguished professor, 1980-1984. Wilson Elkins Distinguished professor, chairman department biological science University Maryland, Catonsville, 1984-1988. Research professor biology University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1989.
Director Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, part-time 1975-1977, trustee, 1976-1980. Member biotechnology resources review committee National Institutes of Health, 1978-1980. Member numerous advisory committees and panels National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, Liver Core Center, University California, San Francisco, others.
Lecturer various university and associations.
Member visiting committee department biological science Carnegie-Mellon University. Chairman visiting committee department biology Brookhaven National Laboratories, 1977-1978. Member National Academy of Sciences (member advisory committee on Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe 1962-1965, chairman section 22 1982-1985), American Academy Arts and Sciences (member nominating committee 1982-1985), American Association Anatomists (Henry Gray award 1981), American Society Zoologists, Electron Microscope Society of America (president 1963, 90—), American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Society Cell Biology (organizer and 1st president 1961, president 1977-1978, E.B. Wilson award 1981), American Physiological Society, American Philosophical Society, Tissue Culture Association (organizer and 1st president 1946, president 1978-1980), Royal Microscopical Society (foreign), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Zellbiologie (foreign), Cercle Francais de Biologie Cellulaire (foreign), International Institute Embryology, International Society Cell Biology, Harvey Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Lingley, June 16, 1938.