Background
Singer, Marcus Joseph was born on August 28, 1914 in Pittsburgh. Son of Benjamin and Rachel (Gershenson) Singer.
Singer, Marcus Joseph was born on August 28, 1914 in Pittsburgh. Son of Benjamin and Rachel (Gershenson) Singer.
Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1938. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1942.
Member faculty, Harvard Medical School, 1942-1951;
assistant professor anatomy, Harvard Medical School, until 1951;
visiting professor anatomy, Long Island College Medicine, 1950;
associate professor, then professor zoology and child development, Cornell Univercity, 1951-1961;
visiting fellow, Dutch Brain Institute, Amsterdam
formerly Heriot-Watt University Payne professor anatomy, director department, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, Cleveland, emergency professor
associate director Development Biology Center, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, 1961-1994. Visiting professor anatomy Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1974. Zyskind honorary visiting professor faculty health science Ben Gurion U. Negev, Beersheba, Israel, 1975-1976.
Visiting professor Gunma U., Japan, 1977. Member cell biology study section National Institutes of Health, 1971-1974, neurology study section, 1976-1994.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Ohio Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Neurological Association (associate), American Association Anatomists, Society Zoologists, International Brain Research Organization, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Society Development and Growth, Biological Stain Commission, Sigma Xi.
Married Leah Horelick, June 8, 1938. Children: Robert H., Jon Fredric.