Background
Farrar, William Wesley was born on July 29, 1940 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Irvin Beattie and Kathryn Blanche (Jurney) Farrar.
Farrar, William Wesley was born on July 29, 1940 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Irvin Beattie and Kathryn Blanche (Jurney) Farrar.
Bachelor of Science, Samford University, 1964. Master of Science, Medical College Virginia, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970.
Assistant biologist Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, 1964-1965. Research associate Medical School University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1970-1971. National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1971-1974.
Research associate, assistant professor Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1974-1976. Associate professor then professor Eastern Kentucky University, since 1976.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Neurochemistry, Protein Society, Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Bio-chemical Society (England), Sigma Xi, Alpha Epsilon Delta.
Married Young Jo Kong, September 27, 1967. Children: Britton, Gabert.