Background
Bell, George Irving was born on August 4, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of George Irving and Hazel (Seerley) Bell.
Bell, George Irving was born on August 4, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of George Irving and Hazel (Seerley) Bell.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, Cornell University, 1951.
Staff member, Los Alamos National Lab, 1951-1970;
associate, alternate or acting division leader, Los Alamos National Lab, 1970-1980;
leader theroetical biology and biophysics group, Los Alamos National Lab, 1974-1990;
theoretical division leader, Los Alamos National Lab, 1980-1989;
acting director, Center for Human Genome Studies, 1988-1989;
senior fellow, since 1989;
project manager, functional genomics, Center for Human Genome Studies, since 1998;
Gordon McKay lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1963;
member, Basel Institute Immunology, Switzerland, 1979-1980. Scholar in human biology Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Cancer Research, Denver, 1977-1990. Board science counselors National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, 1985-1989, chairman supercomputer management oversight group, since 1989.
Member human genome steering committee unites states department Energy, 1988-1989. Member Joint Informatics Task Force for Human Genome, 1990-1992, National Advisory Research Resources Council, National Institutes of Health, 1992-1994. Science board Santa Fe Institute, since 1988.
Member various mountaineering expeditions, 1948-1960.
( The fields of molecular biology and genetics are faced ...)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society (certified merit 1966). Member Biophysics Society, American Alpine Club (David A. Sowles medal 1981), Himalayan Club (India).
Married Virginia Lotz, January 13, 1956. Children– Carolyn Bell Prince, George Irving Junior.