Thomas Foxen Anderson

Background

Anderson, Thomas was born on February 7, 1911 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Son of late Anton Anderson and Mabel Foxen.

Education

California Institute of Technology and University of Munich.

Career

Professor, of Biophysics 1958-1978. Senior; Fellow, Institute Pasteur, Paris 1955-1957. Chairman Genetics Section 1985-1988.

Electron Microscope Society of America (President 1955), Institute Federation Electron Microscope Societies (President 1960-1964), Biophysical Society (President 1965), American Society of Naturalists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Microbiology", Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Elektronenmikroscopie, Society Frangaise de Microscopie Electronique (Honorary.

Works

• Other Work

  • The Reactions of Bacterial Viruses with Their Host Cells (Botanical Review 15) 1949. Bacteriophages (Annual Review of Microbiology 4) 1950, Recombination and Segregation in Escherichia coli (Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology 23) 1958, The Molecular Organization of Virus Particles (Molecular Organization and Biological Function editor John M. Allen) 1967, Some Personal Memories of Research (Annual Review of Microbiology) 1975, Reflections on Phage Genetics (Annual Review of Genetics) 1981.

Membership

Of Faculty since 1946. Institute for Cancer Research since 1958, Senior member Emeritus since 1983. North.A.S.; Institute Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses 1968-1972.

Interests

• Golf, travel, water-colour painting.

Connections

Married Wilma Fay Ecton in 1937.

Father:

late Anton Anderson

Mother:

Mabel Foxen

Spouse:

Wilma Fay Ecton