Background
Davidson, Norman Ralph was born on April 5, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bernard Ralph and Rose (Lefstein) Davidson.
Davidson, Norman Ralph was born on April 5, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bernard Ralph and Rose (Lefstein) Davidson.
Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Chicago, 1941. Bachelor of Science, Oxford University, England, 1939.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Scripps Research Institute, 1999.
Research scientist Manhattan Project University Chicago, 1942-1946. Instructor chemistry California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1946-1949, assistant professor, 1949-1952, associate professor, 1952-1957, professor, 1957-1982, Chandler professor chemical biology, 1982-1986, professor emeritus, from 1986, acting chair division biology, 1989, executive officer division biology, 1990. Senior consultant Am General, Thousand Oaks, California, since 1992.
Member, chairman biophysics and biophysics chemistry study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1964-1988, member national advisory council human genome research, 1989-1993.
Member National Academy of Sciences (Dickson prize science 1985, Robert A. Welch award in chemistry 1989).
Married Annemarie Behrendt, July 11, 1942. Children: Terence Mark, Laureen Davidson Reitman Agee, Jeffrey Norman, Brian Lee.