Background
Morison, Robert Swain was born on November 25, 1906 in Milwaukee. Son of George Abbot and Amelia Huntley (Elmore) Morison.
Morison, Robert Swain was born on November 25, 1906 in Milwaukee. Son of George Abbot and Amelia Huntley (Elmore) Morison.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1924; Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1930; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1935; Doctor of Science, Loyola University, Chicago, 1970; Doctor of Science, University Rochester, 1973.
Resident physician, Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital, Boston, 1934-1935; Austin teaching fellow, Harvard University Medical School, 1935-1936; instructor physiology, Harvard University Medical School, 1936-1938; associate anatomy, Harvard University Medical School, 1938-1941; assistant professor anatomy, Harvard University Medical School, 1941-1944; assistant director medical science division, Rockefeller Foundation, 1944-1948; associate director, Rockefeller Foundation, 1949-1951; associate director, division medicine public health, Rockefeller Foundation, 1951-1955; director biological and medical research, 1955-1959; director for medical and natural science, 1959-1964; professor biology, director division biological science, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1964-1970; Richard J. Schwartz professor science and society, Cornell Univercity, 1970-1975; Class of 1949 visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, 1975-1986. Member National Science Foundation National Science Board, 1963-1972, Executive Committee, 1966-1971. Member science advising committee General Motors Corporation, 1971-1979, Hitchiner Manufacturing Company.
Board of directors Grass Foundation, Quincy, Massachusetts, Institute Society, Ethics and Life Sciences, 1969-1984. Member overseers' committees to visit Medical School, School Dental Medicine and Biology and Related Research Facilities, Harvard. TrusteeRussell Sage Foundation, 1968-1978, Bennington (Vermont) College.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (vice president 1969-1972). Member Harvey Society New York, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society American Association Anatomists, American Academy Neurology, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Beningna Rempel, December 26, 1936. Children-Christiana Leonard, John R.