Vera Fay Righthand

Background

Righthand, Vera Fay was born on September 4, 1930 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Benjamin and Nellie (Maizen) Righthand.

Education

Bachelor, University Rochester, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1963.

Career

Junior biologist, American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, Connecticut, 1952-1955; research assistant, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1955-1959; National Institutes of Health predoctoral fellow Institute Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1959-1963; from instructor to assistant professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1968; associate professor department immunology and microbiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1968; deputy, department chairman, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1975-1978. Vice president faculty senate Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1977-1978, county member university faculty, 1983-1987. Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1981.

Speaker at numerous national.and international meetings in field.

Achievements

• Vera Fay Righthand has been listed as a noteworthy Virologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Academy for Microbiology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Microbiology (councilor 1984-1988, treasurer Michigan branch since 1989, executive committee since 1984), Society General Microbiology, American Society Virology, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Father:

Benjamin Righthand

Mother:

Nellie (Maizen) Righthand