Background
Stern, Curt was born on August 30, 1902 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Barned S. and Anna (Liebrecht) Stern.
Stern, Curt was born on August 30, 1902 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Barned S. and Anna (Liebrecht) Stern.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Berlin, Germany, 1923. Doctor of Science, MacGill, 1958.
Came to the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1939. Investigator, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, 1923-1933. Fellow International Zin.
Board, 1924-1926.
Privatdozent, University of Berlin, 1928-1933. Fellow Rockefeller Foundation, 1932-1933. Research associate in zoology, University of Rochester, 1933-1935, assistant professor, 1935-1937, associate professor, 1937-1941, professor, chairman, department zoology, 1941-1947.
Chairman director biological sciences 1941-1947, professor experimental zoology.
Professor zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1947-1981, professor genetics, 1958-1981. Visiting professor Western Reserve University, 1932.
Visiting lecturer Columbia University, 1944.
Member advising committee biology and medicine Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-1955. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Genetic Society (president 1950), American Society Human Genetics (president, 1957), American Philosophical Society, National Academy Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Society Zoologists, American Society Naturalists.
Society Growth and Development, Sigma Xi.
Member editorial board Advances in Genetics.
Married Evelyn Sommerfield, October 29, 1931. Children: Hildegard, Holly Elisabeth, Barbara Ellen.