Background
Sporn, Michael Benjamin was born on February 15, 1933 in New York City.
Sporn, Michael Benjamin was born on February 15, 1933 in New York City.
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Harvard College, 1952. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 1959.
Intern University Rochester School Medicine, 1959-1960. Member staff laboratory neurochemistry National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1960-1964. Member staff National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1964-1970, head lung cancer unit, 1970-1973, chief lung cancer branch, 1973-1978, chief laboratory chemoprevention, 1978-1995.
Oscar M. Cohn '34 Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, since 1995.
Member American Association Cancer Research (B.F. Cain Memorial award 1991), American Society Biological Chemistry.
Married; 2 children.