Background
YANOFSKY, Charles was born on April 17, 1925 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Frank Yanofsky and Jennie Kopatz Yanofsky.
YANOFSKY, Charles was born on April 17, 1925 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Frank Yanofsky and Jennie Kopatz Yanofsky.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1948. Master of Science, Yale University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1951.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale University, 1981. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1980.
Assistant in Microbiology, Yale University 1951-1953. Assistant Professor, of Microbiology Western Reserve University 1954-1958. Association Professor, Department, of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Professor, Department, of Biological Sciences.
Herzstein Professor, of Biology 1967. President Genetics Society of America 1969, American Society of Biological Chemists 1984. Career Investigator American Heart Association 1969.
Career investigator American Heart Association, 1969-1995. Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member National Academy of Sciences (Selman A. Waksman award in microbiology 1972), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Genetics Society of America (president 1969, Thomas Hunt Morgan medal 1990), American Society Biological Chemists (president 1984), Royal Society (foreign member), Japanese Bio-chemical Society (honorary).
Married Carol Cohen, June 19, 1949, (deceased December 1990). Children: Stephen David, Robert Howard, Martin Fred. Married Edna Crawford, January 4, 1992.