Background
JENCKS, William was born on August 15, 1927 in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Son of Gardner Jencks and Elinor Melcher Cheetham.
JENCKS, William was born on August 15, 1927 in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Son of Gardner Jencks and Elinor Melcher Cheetham.
Graduate, St. Paul's School, Baltimore, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1951.
Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital 1955-1956. United States Public Health Service Postdoctoral Fellow, Department, of Chemistry, Harvard 1956-1957. Assistant Professor, of Biochemistry, Brandeis University 1957-1960, Association Professor, of Biochemistry 63, Professor, of Biochemistry since 1963, of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacodynamics since 1977.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1973-1974.
Served as 1st lieutenant, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Fellow Royal Society. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (award in biological chemistry 1962, James Flack Norris award in physical-organic chemistry 1995, Repligen award 1996), American Philosophical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Miriam Ehrlich, June 3, 1950. Children: Helen Esther, David Alan.