Background
Kit, Saul was born on November 25, 1920 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Isadore and Minnie (Darvick) Kit.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1951.
Career
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Chicago, 1951-1952;
research associate biochemistry Department, University Texas/M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1953-1955;
assistant biochemist department biochemistry, University Texas/M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1956-1957;
associate biochemist, University Texas/M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1957-1960;
biochemist and chief section nucleoprotein metabolism, University Texas/M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1961-1962;
assistant clinical professor biochemistry, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1956-1957;
associate clinical professor, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1957-1958;
visiting professor virology and epidemiology department, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, spring 1962;
professor biochemistry and head division biochemistry virology, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1962-1992;
professor emeritus, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, since 1993. Visiting professor Institute Venez Olano, Caracas, Venezuela, 1971, U. Buenos Aires, 1971, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 1973. Distinguished visiting professor La Trobe U., Victoria, Australia, 1982.
Member delegate United States-Soviet Health Exch. in Virology, 1967. Member delegate on industrial biochemistry Program to People's Republic of China, 1990. Chairman pathobiol. chemistry studysect., 1975-1979.
Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1970-1992. Science advisory board American Genetics International, Inc., 1981-1984, Novagene Inc., since 1983.
Achievements
Membership
With Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Society Cell Biology (treasurer 1965-1968, president 1970), American Association Cancer Research (president S.W. section 1965-1966), American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society, American Society Microbiology, American Society Virology, Argentine Society Virology (correspondent), American Association Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics.
Connections
Married Dorothy Anken, September 28, 1945. Children: Sally, Malon, Gordon.
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January 24, 2008 (aged 87)
Education
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1948
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1951