Thomas Eugene Shenk

Background

Shenk, Thomas Eugene was born on January 1, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Eugene Richard and Helen Marie (Deffenbaugh) Shenk.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology, University Detroit, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1973.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, molecular biology Stanford Medical Center. Assistant professor molecular biology University Connecticut, Farmington, 1975-1980. Professor molecular biology State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1980-1984.

Elkins professor, department molecular biology Princeton University, since 1984, American Cancer Society professor, since 1986, chairman department molecular biology, since 1996. Board directors Merck & Company, Inc., since 2001, CV Therapeutics, Inc., Palo Alto, California, since 2001, Cell Genesys, Inc., since 2001, member scientific advisory board, since 1997, Novalon Pharmaceutical Corporation. Investigator Howard Hughes Institute.

Member president advisory group Fox Chase Cancer Center. Chair Sloan General Motors prize Selection Committee. Speaker in field; chair National Institutes of Health Virology Study Section.

Board trustee Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Achievements

• Thomas Eugene Shenk has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator, biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Microbiology (Eli Lilly award 1982, president), National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine,, American Society for Virology (past president). Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences., American Academy Microbiology.

Connections

Married Susan Mary Hillman, July 4, 1979. Children— Christopher Thomas, Gregory Thomas.

Father:

Eugene Richard Shenk

Mother:

Helen Marie (Deffenbaugh) Shenk

Spouse:

Susan Mary Hillman

child:

Gregory Thomas Shenk

child:

Christopher Thomas Shenk