Background
Koshland, Marian Elliott was born on October 25, 1921 in New Haven. Daughter of Waller Watkins and Margaret Ann (Smith) Elliott.
Koshland, Marian Elliott was born on October 25, 1921 in New Haven. Daughter of Waller Watkins and Margaret Ann (Smith) Elliott.
Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1942; Master of Science, Vassar College, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.
Research assistant, Manhattan District Atomic Bomb Project, 1945-1946; fellow department bacteriology, Harvard Medical School, 1949-1951; associate bacteriologist biology department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1952-1962; bacteriologist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1963-1965; associate research immunologist virus laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1965-1969; lecturer department molecular biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1970; professor department microbiology and immunology, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1989; department chairman, University of California, Berkeley, 1982-1989; professor department molecular and cell biology, University of California, Berkeley, since 1989; member, National Science Board, 1976-1982. Member of advisory commission to director National Institutes of Health, 1972-1975. Member county National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1991-1995.
Member National Academy of Sciences (council 1985-1988), National Academy Arts and Sciences (council since 1994), American Association Immunologists (president 1982-1983), American Society Biological Chemists.
Married Daniel Edward Koshland, Junior, May 25, 1945. Children: Ellen R., Phyllis A., James M., Gail F., Douglas E.