Background
Menaker, Michael was born on May 19, 1934 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1934. Son of William and Esther (Astin) Menaker.
Menaker, Michael was born on May 19, 1934 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1934. Son of William and Esther (Astin) Menaker.
Bachelor in Biology, Swarthmore College, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Princeton University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics and Natural Science (honorary), University Groningen, Netherlands, 2009.
Assistant instructor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1955-1957; postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1962; assistant professor zoology, University Texas-Austin, 1962-1968; associate professor, University Texas-Austin, 1968-1972; professor, University Texas-Austin, 1972-1979; professor biology, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1979-1986; director interdisciplinary program for Neuroscience, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1979-1981; director Institute Neurosci., U. Oregon, Eugene, 1981-1985; Commonwealth professor biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1987; department chairman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1987-1993; director, Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program in Biological Science, Charlottesville, 1989-1994; core investigator National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center in Biological Timing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1991. Benjamin Meaker visiting professor U. Bristol, England, 1986. Member National Institutes of Health study Section in Biopsychology, since 1995.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Japan Society Promotion of Sciences (senior ). Member Society Neuroscis., American Physiological Society, Society Research Biological Rhythms.
Married Shirley Ann Lasch, June 4, 1955(deceased 2004). Children: Ellen Margaret, Nicholas.