David Perkins
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1919 – 2007
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Who was David Perkins?
David Dexter Perkins was an American geneticist, a member of the faculty of Stanford University for more than 58 years, from 1948 until his death in 2007. He received his PhD in Zoology in 1949 from Columbia University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he served as President of the Genetics Society of America in 1977. In a scientific career that spanned more than six decades, Perkins collaborated on more than 300 papers. His associates included many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who went on to scientific careers throughout the world.
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- Born
- May 2, 1919
Watertown - Also known as
- David D. Perkins
- D.D.Perkins
- David Dexter Perkins
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
Zoology
( - 1979) - Bachelor's degree, University of Rochester
( - 1941)
- PhD, Columbia University
- Employment
- Stanford University
- Lived in
- California
(1949 - 2007/01/02)
- California
- Died
- Jan 2, 2007
California
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on July 23, 2013
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