Background
Gordon, Ruth Evelyn was born on August 30, 1910 in Richmondville, New York, United States. Daughter of Julius Clinton and Jennie (Letts) Gordon.
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Gordon, Ruth Evelyn was born on August 30, 1910 in Richmondville, New York, United States. Daughter of Julius Clinton and Jennie (Letts) Gordon.
Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1932; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1934.
Research assistant, New York State Veterinary College, Ithaca, 1934-1937; assistant chemist, assistant bacteriologist, USDA, Washington, 1937-1943; assistant chemist, assistant bacteriologist, Army Medical Center, Washington, 1943-1944; associate research specialist, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, 1951-1954; associate professor microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1954-1971; professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1971-1981; bacteriologist, American Type Culture Collection, Washington, 1944-1947; curator, American Type Culture Collection, Washington, 1947-1950; consultant, American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Maryland., since 1981. Honorary president International Conference on Biology of Nocardiae, U. Andes, Venezuela, 1974, International Symposium on Actinomycete Biology, Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, 1979.
Member of the United States Federation for Culture Collections (Executive Board 1971-1976, 78-82, J.Roger Porter award 1983), American Society for Microbiology, Society for General Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy Sciences.
