Background
Sigler, Paul Benjamin was born on February 19, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of George and Florence (Kaminsky) Sigler.
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Sigler, Paul Benjamin was born on February 19, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of George and Florence (Kaminsky) Sigler.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1955. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Cambridge University, 1967.
Intern and resident department medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1959-1961; research associate, NIAMD, 1961-1963; staff Laboratory Molecular Biology, NIAMD, 1963-1964; visiting fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, 1964-1967; associate professor biophysics, University of Chicago, 1967-1973; professor biophysics and theoretical biology, University of Chicago, 1973-1984; professor biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Chicago, 1984-1988; professor molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, since 1989. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1989.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1961-1964. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Crystallographic Association.
Married Althea Jo Martin, October 2, 1958. Children– Jennifer, Michele, Jonathan, Deborah, Rebecca.