Background
Cole, Kenneth Stewart was born on July 10, 1900 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Charles Nelson and Mabel (Stewart) Cole.
Cole, Kenneth Stewart was born on July 10, 1900 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Charles Nelson and Mabel (Stewart) Cole.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1922. Doctor of Science (honorary), 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1926.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1967.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Uppsala, 1967.
Research Institute, Bethesda, 1949-1954. Chief lab of biophysics National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1954-1966, senior research biophysicist, 1966-1977, scientist emeritus, 1978-1984. Regents professor University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1964, professor biophysics, 1965-1977, Adjunct Professor Neuroscience, San Diego, 1980-1984.
Visiting professor physiology and biophysics University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1972-1984.
Priestley lecturer Pennsylvania State College, 1939. Tennent lecturer Bryn Mawr College, 1941.
Fellow National Research Council, Harvard University, 1926-1928. Member of the board Biological Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, 1940-1945. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science.
Member National Academy Sciences, American Physiological Society (council 1963-1965), Societe philomatique Paris, Society General Physiologists, Biophysics Society (council 1957-1962, president 1963), Royal Society London (foreign), Sociedade de Bologia de Chile (honorary), Sociedade Brasileira de Biologia (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Epsilon Delta (honorary), Epsilon Chi (honorary).
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Evans Roberts, June 29, 1932 (deceased. Children: Roger Braley, Sarah Roberts.