Background
Hruby, Victor Joseph was born on December 24, 1938 in Valley City, North Dakota, United States. Son of Victor John and Helen (Berube) Hruby.
Hruby, Victor Joseph was born on December 24, 1938 in Valley City, North Dakota, United States. Son of Victor John and Helen (Berube) Hruby.
Bachelor of Science, U. North Dakota, 1960; Master of Science, U. North Dakota, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1965; D Honorus Causa, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 1989.
Instructor medical college, Cornell Univercity, New York City, 1965-1967;
research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1968;
assistant professor of chemistry, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1968-1972;
associate professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1972-1977;
professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1977;
professor biochemistry, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1978;
professor Arizona Research laboratories, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1981;
Regents professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1989. Guest worker National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1976. Visiting professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1985, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1993.
Rector's lecturer Free U. Brussels, 1979. Blomquist lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1996.
Served with United States Army Reserve, 1955-1958. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society (president SAAS 1974, councilor MCS 1993-1997), American Peptide Society (president 1990-1991), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics Society, Protein Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Patricia Ann McGovern, August, 1966. Children: Timothy Joseph, Stephen Michael, Patrick Andrew.