Background
HOROWITZ, Norman was born on March 19, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Horowitz and Jeanette Miller.
HOROWITZ, Norman was born on March 19, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Horowitz and Jeanette Miller.
Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1939. Research fellow biochemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1942.
Senior research fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1946. National Research Council fellow, Stanford University, 1940. Research associate, Stanford University, 1946.
Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 1940-1942. Research Association Stanford University 1942-1946. Association Professor, of Biology, California Institute of Technology 1947-1953, Professor since 1953, Professor Emeritus since 1982, Chairman, Division of Biology 197780.
Chief, Bioscience Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena 1965-1970. Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, University of Paris 1954-1955. Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Editorial board: Journal Biological Chemistry, 1959-1964. Author: To Utopia and Back: The Search for Life in the Solar System, 1986. Contributor articles technical journals.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, Genetics Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Gardening, music.
Married Pearl Shykin, June 16, 1939 (deceased February 1985). Children: Joel Lawrence, Elizabeth Anne.