Background
Garen, Alan was born on May 26, 1926 in Brooklyn.
Garen, Alan was born on May 26, 1926 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor of Science, University Colorado, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, University Colorado, 1953.
Chemist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1946-1948; fellow, National Found Infantile Paralysis, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1951-1955; research associate, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1955-1957; senior research associate Biological department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1960; from associate professor to professor Biological Department, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1960-1963; professor Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT., since 1963; professor Genetics, Yale University, since 1970. Guggenheim fellow, 1970.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences.
Married 1959; five children.