Background
Barrnett, Russell Joffree was born on July 27, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Warren and Dora G. (Shopmick) Barrnett.
Barrnett, Russell Joffree was born on July 27, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Warren and Dora G. (Shopmick) Barrnett.
AB, Indiana University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Yale, 1948.
Intern, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1948-1949;
fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1949-1951;
instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1951-1953;
associate, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1953-1955;
assistant professor anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1955-1959;
associate professor, Yale Medical School, New Haven, 1959-1962;
professor anatomy, Yale Medical School, New Haven, 1962-1989;
director graduate studies, Yale Medical School, New Haven, 1967-1989;
department chairman, Yale Medical School, New Haven, 1968-1989. Member commission on growth National Research Council, 1954-1956, member director biology and agriculture, 1967-1989. Visiting investigator Rockefeller Institute.
Adviser division biology and medicine Atomic Energy Commission, medical education and research World Health Organization.
Board of directors American Child Guidance Foundation With Army of the United States, 1943. Past member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Electron Microscopy (president 1973-1974), American Association Anatomy, Histochem. Society (president 1962), Cell Biology Society, Biophysics Society, Sigma Xi.
Children: Russell J., William T., Elissa.
