Background
Demerec, Milislav was born on January 11, 1895 in Kostajnica, Yugoslavia. Son of Ljudevit and Ljubica (Dumbovic) Demerec.
Demerec, Milislav was born on January 11, 1895 in Kostajnica, Yugoslavia. Son of Ljudevit and Ljubica (Dumbovic) Demerec.
Bachelor of Science, College of Agriculture, Krizevci, Yugoslavia, 1916. Student Grignon, France, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy., Cornell Univercity, 1923.
Doctor of Laws, Hofstra College.
Doctor honorary causa, U. Zagreb, 1960. Doctor of Science, Long Island University, 1961.
Came to the United States, 1919, naturalized, 1931. Adjunct Krizevci Experimental Station, Yugoslavia, 1916-1919. Assistant in plant breeding Cornell Univercity, 1921-1923.
Resident investigator department genetics Carnegie Institution Washington, 1923-1935, assistant director, 1936-1941, acting director, 1942, director, 1943-1960.
Director Biological Laboratory, 1941-1960. Senior geneticist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1960-1965.
Research professor biology C. West. Post College, Long Island University, since 1966. Visiting professor Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, New York City, 1958-1960.
Chairman of the section zoology and anatomy National Research Council, 1958-1961.
Associate genetics Columbia, 1943-1965. Honorary faculty medicine U. Chile.
Member permanent international committee Genetics Congress, 1939-1953. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Academy Sciences Yugoslavia (honorary), Genetics Society Japan, Society Biological Santiago, Royal Danish Academy Sciences and Letters, American Philosophical Society, American Society Naturalists (treasurer, vice president, president), Radiation Research Society (member of council), National Academy Science, Society American Bacteriologists, Society for Study Evolution, Genetics Society American (secretary-treasurer, vice president, president), Radiation Research Society (member coun-American Society Zoologists, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Mary Alexander Zeigler, August 24, 1921. Children: Zlata Elizabeth, Vera Radoslava.