Background
King, Mary-Claire was born on February 27, 1946 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
King, Mary-Claire was born on February 27, 1946 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor in Mathematics (cum laude), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, University California, Berkeley, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Carleton College.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Bard College. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Smith College. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Dartmouth College.
Postdoctoral training University California-San Francisco. Professor genetics & epidemiology University California Berkeley, 1976—1995. American Cancer Society research professor genome sciences & medicine University Washington, Seattle, since 1995.
Member board science counselors National Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, member National Research Council committee to advise Department Defense on the Breast Cancer Research Program., National Institutes of Health Genome Study Section. Served on National Commission on Breast Cancer of the President's Cancer Panel. Member advisory board, National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, Council of the National Institutes of Health Fogarty Center, National Action Plan for Breast Cancer, National Institutes of Health Breast Cancer Program Review Group.
Affiliate member Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle. Consultant Committee for Investigation of Disappearance of Persons, Government Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1984. Carried out DNA Identifications for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunial.
Member United Nations Forensic Anthropology Team. Member advisory board Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Faculty Development program.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Medicine, Academy Arts & Sciences. Member American Society Human Genetics, Society Epidemiologic Research, National Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married 1973; 1 child, Emily King Colwell.