Background
Vallee, Bert Lester was born on June 1, 1919 in Hemer, Westphalia, Germany. Came to United States, 1938, naturalized, 1948. Son of Joseph and Rosa (Kronenberger) Vallee.
Vallee, Bert Lester was born on June 1, 1919 in Hemer, Westphalia, Germany. Came to United States, 1938, naturalized, 1948. Son of Joseph and Rosa (Kronenberger) Vallee.
Standard Chartered Bank, University Berne, Switzerland, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1943. AM (honorary), Harvard, 1960.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 1987. Professor (honorary), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), Naples, Italy, 1991.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (honorary), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, 1995. Professor (honorary), Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 1995.
Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1946-1949, Research Association 1949-1951, Association 1951-1956, Assistant Professor, of Medicine 1956-1960, Association Professor 1960-1964, Professor, of Biological Chemistry 65, Paul C. Cabot Professor, of Biological Chemistry 1965-1980, Paul C. Cabot Professor, of Biochemical Sciences 1980-1989, Professor Emeritus since 1989. Research Association, Department, of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1948. Physician Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston 1961-1980.
Biochemist-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston since 1980. Scientific Director Biophysics Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital 1954-1980. Head, Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences and Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 1980.
Founder and Trustee Boston Biophysics Foundation since 1957. Founder Endowment for Research in Human Biology, Inc. since 1980. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, N.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, New York Academy, of Sciences.
Author 9 books. Contributor articles and chapters to science publications.
Founder, trustee Boston Biophysics Research Foundation, since 1957. Founder, president Endowment for Research in Human Biology, Inc., since 1980. Fellow National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society (Willard Gibbs gold medal 1981), Optical Society of America, Biophysics Society, Swiss Bio-chemical Society (honorary foreign member), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry (honorary), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Riding.
Married Natalie T. Kugris, May 29, 1947.