Peter Tibor Mora

Background

Mora, Peter Tibor was born on July 18, 1924 in Szolnok, Hungary. Son of Lajos and Ilona (Medgyessy) Mora. came to the United States, 1948.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Budapest, Hungary, 1948.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1948-1950; research chemist, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1950-1955; British-American exchange fellow, Oxford (England) University, 1955-1956; chemist, Oxford (England) University, 1956-1957; head macromolecular chemistry, Oxford (England) University, 1957-1963; chief macromolecular biology, Oxford (England) University, 1963-1984; supervisory research chemist, Oxford (England) University, 1984-1990; scientist emeritus, National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1990. Instructor in molecular biology The Graduate School at National Institutes of Health, 1959-1976. National Institutes of Health assignee virus research unit, Cambridge, England, 1962-1963.

Senior academic visitor biochemistry department University of Oxford, 1978-1979. Visiting professor Weizmann Institute Science, Israel, 1976. Lecturer in chemistry.

Adjunct Professor microbiology U. Maryland., 1988-1991.

Achievements

• Peter Tibor Mora has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist, researcher, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Chemical Society (chairman symposia since 1956), Kenwood Country Club (honorary).

Connections

Married Leora May Knapp, September 29, 1951.

Father:

Lajos Mora

Mother:

Ilona (Medgyessy) Mora

Spouse:

Leora May Knapp