Background
Pollard, Thomas Dean was born on July 7, 1942 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Dean Randall and Florence Alma (Dierker) Pollard.
Pollard, Thomas Dean was born on July 7, 1942 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Dean Randall and Florence Alma (Dierker) Pollard.
Bachelor cum laude, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1964. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard Medical School, 1968.
Intern Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968—1969. Staff associate laboratory biochemistry National Heart and Lung Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1969—1972. Assistant professor anatomy Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1972—1975, associate professor, 1975—1978.
Bayard Halsted professor, director department cell biology and anatomy Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, Baltimore, 1977—1996. President Salk Institute Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, 1996—2000, professor, 1996—2001, University California, San Diego, 1996—2001. Eugene Higgins professor molecular, cellular and development biology and cell biology Yale University, New Haven, 2001—2006, professor cell biology, since 2002, professor molecular biophysics and biochemistry, since 2003, Sterling professor molecular, cellular and development biology and cell biology, since 2006.
Dean Graduate School Arts & Sciences, since 2010. Visiting scientist Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, 1984. Member National Research Council Commission Life Science, 1990—1997, chair, 1993—1997.
Member council National Institutes of Health National Institute General Medical Science. Adjunct professor biology, bioengineering and chemistry and biochemistry University California, San Diego, 1997—2001. Chair department molecular, cellular and development biology Yale University, since 2004.
Fellow: American Academy Microbiol., American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors since 2006), Institute Medicine, Biophysics Society (member council 1977-1980, president 1992-1993, Public Service award 1997), National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory (trustee 1991-1997), American Society Cell Biology (member executive committee 1976-1977, member council 1976-1979, president 1987-1988, K.R. Porter lecturer 1989, E.B. Wilson medal 2004).
Married Patricia Elizabeth Snowden, February 7, 1964. Children: Katherine, Daniel.