Background
Duryee, William Rankin was born on November 11, 1905 in Saranac Lake, New York, United States. Son of George Van Waganen and Margaret Van Nest (Smith) Duryee.
consultant cell physiology educator
Duryee, William Rankin was born on November 11, 1905 in Saranac Lake, New York, United States. Son of George Van Waganen and Margaret Van Nest (Smith) Duryee.
Bachelor in Biology, Yale University, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology and Anatomy, Yale University, 1933.
Instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1937-1940;
chief medical publications, Office Surgeon General, Washington, 1944-1945;
with, National Research Council, Washington, 1945-1946;
senior fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1948-1955;
head cell physiology unit, Western Climate Initiative, Bethesda, 1950-1955;
professor cell physiology, George Washington University, Washington, 1955-1960;
research professor pathology, George Washington University, Washington, 1960-1970;
professor emeritus, George Washington University, Washington, since 1971;
consultant biology research, Arlington, Virginia, since 1979. Invited lecturer University of Pennsylvania Bicentennial Conference, Philadelphia, 1941. Member science advisory county Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, New York City, 1961-1968.
Professional associate commission on growth National Research Council, 1946-1948.
Major Medical Administrative corpus, United States army, 1939-1945. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences (honorary). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1958-1964), American Institute Biological Sciences (co-founder, governing board 1953-1957), Royal Society Medicine (affiliate, London), American Society Physiology, Biophysics Society (charter), Washington Academy Medicine, Philosophical Society Washington, Cosmos Club (chairman library committee).
Married June 30, 1931 (deceased January 1983). 1 child, Sanford Huntington.