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Greenberg, Michael John was born on September 28, 1931 in New York City. Son of Abraham S. and Lena (Kirsch) Greenberg.
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Michael John Greenberg, American biologist, editor. Grantee National Heart and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1960-1997, National Science Foundation, 1987-1990; National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow University Melbourne, Australia, 1964-1965, Misaki Marine Laboratory, Japan, 1965; recipient Medical Relief International award National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 1987.
Education
AB, Cornell University, 1953. Master of Arts, Florida State University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1958.
Career
Instructor zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1958-1960;
assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1960-1964;
associate professor biological science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1965-1973;
professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1973-1981;
director marine laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1978-1980;
director Whitney Laboratory, U. Florida, St. Augustine, 1981-1996;
professor pharmacology College Medicine, U. Florida, St. Augustine, since 1981. Visiting professor Hiroshima (Japan) U. Medical School, 1978. Visiting professor zoology U. Hong Kong, 1981.
Instructor experimental invertebrate zoology Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, summers 1969-1973, course director, 1975-1977. Member of advisory screening committee International Exch. Scholars, 1976-1978; member regulatory biology panel National Science Foundation, 1983-1985.
Chairman of Commission on opportunities for advancement of marine biotechnology in the United States, National Research Council, 1994-1999. Member international organizing committee International Marine Biotechnology Conference 2000, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member scenic highway committee American Institute of Architects, St. Johns County, Florida. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member-at-large section G committee 1979-1983). Member American Society Zoologists (division program officer 1969-1970, division chairman 1976-1977, co-chairman joint task force with American Physiological Society 1977-1978), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society General Physiologists, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Tallahassee, Sopchoppy and Gulf Coast Marine Biological Association (president since 1967).
Connections
Married Rima Robbins, June 10, 1954 (deceased December 2000). Children: Peter A. (deceased), John K., Karl P.
