Rita Bailey Messing

Background

Messing, Rita Bailey was born on July 7, 1945 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Max and Kate Zimmerman.

Education

Bachelor, City University of New York, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1970.

Career

Assistant professor Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, 1969-1972. Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1973-1975. Assistant, then associate research psychobiologist University of California, Irvine, 1976-1981.

Research associate University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 1981-1983, assistant professor pharmacology, 1983-1988, associate professor, 1988-1990.

Environmental toxoicologist Minn.Dept. Health, 1990; research fellow Organon Pharmaceuticals, The Netherlands, 1980.

Achievements

• Rita Bailey Messing has been listed as a noteworthy environmental toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Neurosci., American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society Toxicology, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married William Messing, June 20, 1965. Children: Charles, Marian.

Father:

Max Zimmerman

Mother:

Kate Zimmerman

Spouse:

William Messing

child:

Charles Messing

child:

Marian Messing