Background
Chase, Merrill Wallace was born on September 17, 1905 in Providence. Son of John Whitman and Bertha H. (Wallace) Chase.
Chase, Merrill Wallace was born on September 17, 1905 in Providence. Son of John Whitman and Bertha H. (Wallace) Chase.
AB, Brown University, 1927. Master of Science, Brown University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1931.
Doctor of Science honoris causa, Brown University, 1977. Doctor of Science honoris causa, Rockefeller University, 1988. Doctor of Medicine honoris causa, University Münster, Federal Republic Germany, 1974.
Instructor biology Brown University, 1931-1932. Staff member Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1932-1979. Professor immunology and microbiology, head laboratory immunology and hypersensitivity Rockefeller University, 1956-1979.
Medical advisory council Professional Educational and Research Task Force, Asthma and Allergy Foundation American, 1955-1983.
Fellow American Academy Allergy (honorary, Distinguished Service award 1969), American College Allergists (honorary), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Immunologists (president 1956-1957), American Society Microbiology (program chairman 1959-1961), Harvey Society, New York Academy of Sciences, New York Allergy Society (honorary), National Academy of Sciences.
Married Edith Steele Bowen, September 5, 1931 (deceased 1961). Children: Nancy Steele (Mistress William W. Cowles), John Wallace, Susan Elizabeth (deceased 1985). Married Cynthia Hambury Pierce, July 8, 1961 (deceased April 1997).