Background
McKnight, Steven Lanier was born on August 27, 1949 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Frank Gillespie and Sara Elise (Stevens) McKnight.
McKnight, Steven Lanier was born on August 27, 1949 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Frank Gillespie and Sara Elise (Stevens) McKnight.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Texas, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, U.Va., 1977.
Fellow University Virginia, 1975—1976. Postdoctoral fellow Carnegie Institution Washington, Baltimore, 1977—1980, staff associate, 1980—1981, member staff, 1984-1992. Co-founder, director, director research Tularik Inc., San Francisco, since 1992.
With University Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, since 1996, professor, chairman biochemistry department, since 2000, distinguished chair Basic biomedical Research Dallas, Sam. G. Winstead and F. Andrew Bell distinguished chair biochemistry. Professor, chairman department biochemistry University Texas Southwestern Medical Center, since 1995.
Honorary professor Johns Hopkins University, scientific review board Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1997. Trustee Carnegie Institute, Washington, 2000.
With United States Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam. Fellow Carnegie Institute Washington (honorary), American Society Microbiology (honorary). Member National Academy of Sciences (Monsanto award 1991), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Chemical Society, American Society for Cell Biology, Japanese Bio-chemical Society (honorary), Institute Medicine.
Married Jacquelynn Ann Zimmer, September 16, 1978. Children: Nell, Grace, Frances, John Stevens.