Background
Jaffe, Lionel Francis was born on December 28, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Bernard and Celia (Lesser) Jaffe.
Jaffe, Lionel Francis was born on December 28, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Bernard and Celia (Lesser) Jaffe.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Embryology, California Institute of Technology, 1954.
National Research Council-National Science Foundation fellow Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, 1953-1955. Fellow marine biology Scripps Institution Oceanography, La Jolla, 1955-1956. Assistant professor biology Brandeis University, 1956-1960.
Assistant professor, then associate professor University Pennsylvania, 1960-1967. Professor biology Purdue University, 1967-1984. Director National Vibrating Probe Facility, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1982.
Tyler Memorial lecturer California Institute of Technology, 1978. Jenkinson lecturer Oxford (England) University, 1982.
Member American Society Development Biology, Biophysics Society, Society General Physiologists, Cell Biology Society.
Married Miriam E. Walther, June 14, 1949. Children– Laurinda, Amanda, David.