Background
Wolfe, Ralph Stoner was born on July 18, 1921 in New Windsor, Maryland, United States. Son of Marshall Richard and Jennie Naomi (Weybright) Wolfe.
Wolfe, Ralph Stoner was born on July 18, 1921 in New Windsor, Maryland, United States. Son of Marshall Richard and Jennie Naomi (Weybright) Wolfe.
Member of faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1953; professor microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1961. Consultant United States Public Health Service, National Institute General Medical Sciences.
Member National Academy of Sciences (Selman Waksman award in microbiology 1995), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Microbiology (Carski Distinguished Teaching award 1971, Abbott Lifetime Achievement award 1996, Procter & Gamble award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1999, honorary member), American Society Biological Chemists.
Married Gretka Margaret Young, September 9, 1950. Children: Daniel Binns, Jon Marshall, Sylvia Suzanne.