R.
John Collier
R. John Collier (born August 6, 1938) is an American
microbiologist and biochemist. He is the Maude and R. John Collier
Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Born August 6, 1938
Immunobiology, Emeritus at Harvard Medical School. Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship
Academic background
Early life and education
Education Rice University
Collier was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on August 6, Harvard University
1938.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rice Academic work
University in 1959. He completed a Master of Science Institutions UCLA
in 1961 and a Doctor of Philosophy in biology at Harvard Medical School
Harvard University in 1964.[1][2]
Career
Collier was on the faculty at University of California, Los Angeles beginning in 1966. Collier held a
Guggenheim Fellowship from 1973 to 1974 at Pasteur Institute.[1] In 1984, he started at Harvard Medical
School. He became the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology in
1989. At Harvard, Collier served as the Faculty Dean for Graduate Education, Chairman of the Division
of Medical Science and Acting Head of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. He is a
professor emeritus at Harvard.[2]
Awards and honors
In 1972, Collier won the Eli Lilly Award in Microbiology and Immunology from the American Society
for Microbiology.[1] He received the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 1990.[2] In 1991, he
was elected into the National Academy of Sciences.[3] Collier received the Selman A. Waksman Award in
Microbiology in 1999. In 2003, he won the 13th Bristol-Myers Squibb Infectious Disease Research
Award. Collier is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American
Society for Microbiology.[2]
Personal life
Collier married in 1962.[1]
References
1. Nemeh, Katherine H., ed. (2008). "American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical
Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences". Gale. 2
(25 ed.). Detroit, Michigan.
2. "R. John Collier, PH.D wins Bristol-Myers Squibb Infectious Disease Research Award" (http
s://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/hms-rjc071703.php). EurekAlert!. July 17,
2003. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
3. "R. John Collier" (http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/59399.html).
National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
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