Background
Wright, Theodore Robert Fairbank was born on April 10, 1928 in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Horace Kepler and Adelaide Caskey (Fairbank) Wright.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Theodore Robert Fairbank Wright
Edit Profile
Theodore Robert Fairbank Wright, Indian, American biologist, educator. National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tubingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1959; National Science Foundation grantee, 1967-1972, 90-93; National Institutes of Health grantee, 1972-1993; American Cancer Society grantee, 1988-1990.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Princeton University, 1949. Master of Arts in Biology, Wesleyan University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Yale University, 1959.
Career
Assistant professor biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1959-1965; associate professor biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1965-1975; professor biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1975-1995; professor emeritus, since 1995. Visiting scientist Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tubingen, 1975-1976, Development Biology Center, University of California, Irvine, 1982.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army, 1950-1952. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association of University Professors, Genetics Society of America, Society for Development Biology, Virginia Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Eileen Marie Yongen, January 6, 1951 (deceased January 2002).
Education
-
1949
-
1954
-
1959
Career
-
1959 - 1965
-
1965 - 1975
Awards
-
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tubingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1959. National Science Foundation grantee, 1967-1972, 90-93. National Institutes of Health grantee, 1972-1993. American Cancer Society grantee, 1988-1990.National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tubingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1959. National Science Foundation grantee, 1967-1972, 90-93. National Institutes of Health grantee, 1972-1993.
American Cancer Society grantee, 1988-1990.