Thomas Briggs

Background

Briggs, Thomas was born on May 24, 1933 in New York City. Son of James Elmer and Carlotta (Welles) Briggs.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1960.

Career

Research fellow, National Institutes of Health, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London, 1960-1962; research associate department medicine, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1962-1967; assistant professor, U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, 1967-1970; associate professor biochemistry and molecular biology, U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, 1970-1994; professor emeritus, U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, since 1994. Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1981. Invited lecturer National Medical School Review, Irvine, California, 1989-1992.

Achievements

• Thomas Briggs has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemistry and molecular biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Planning committee Friends of Lake Hefner, Oklahoma City, 1991. Member Sierra Club (outings chairman Oklahoma chapter 1982-1985, treasurer Oklahoma City group since 1986), Oklahoma City Running Club (board directors since 1990, treasurer since 1992). M C.

Connections

Married Muriel Jacqueline Murphy, August 31, 1955 (divorced 1975). Children: Thomas Welles, Mary Courtney, Jacqueline Muriel.

Father:

James Elmer Briggs

Mother:

Carlotta (Welles) Briggs

Spouse:

Muriel Jacqueline Murphy

child:

Jacqueline Muriel Briggs

child:

Thomas Welles Briggs

child:

Mary Courtney Briggs