Background
Smith, Marvin Artell was born on April 8, 1926 in Ogden, Utah, United States.
Smith, Marvin Artell was born on April 8, 1926 in Ogden, Utah, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1969; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1964.
Post-doctoral fellow biochemistry department, New York University Medical Center, 1964-1966; assistant professor chemical department, Brigham Young U., 1966; associate professor, Brigham Young U., 1969; visiting scientist, special fellow, department chemical and biophysics, University of California, Davis, 1972-1973; Donald F. Jones research fellow, University of California, Davis, 1972-1973; visiting professor department biochemistry, Kuwait U., Kuwait, 1978-1980; visiting scientist Institute Plant Physiology Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy Science, Szeged, Hungary, 1986-1987; visiting professor.dept. physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990-1991; visiting science, Institut für Pflanzen Genetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany, 1994-1995; professor biochemistry, Brigham Young U., Provo, 1974-1996; professor emeritus, Brigham Young U., Provo, since 1996. Science Union Carbide, Buffalo, New York, Summer, 1964. Visiting science department plant genetics Weizman Institute Science, Israel, Summer, 1981.
Human beings are made in the image of God literally and physically, not just morally.
Scoutmaster, explorer, advisory, cubmaster Boy Scouts American, Provo, Utah, 1973-1992. Chairman Edgemont Neighborhood, Provo, Utah, 1993, 94. Member Am Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society.Plant Molecular Biology, Sigma Xi.
Son of Ariel Tucker and Mary Josephine (Evans) S. Married Grace Marie Warnick Smith, August 4, 1960. Children: Marie, Lynne, Charles, Conrad, Mark, Kyle, Leslie, Matthew.