Raymond E. Zirkle, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Raymond E. Zirkle

American biologist

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1902

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1988

Profession: physicist, chemist, biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Raymond Elliott Zirkle (January 9, 1902 – March 4, 1988) was a pioneer in the field of radiation biology, a principal in the Manhattan Project, director of the Institute of Radio-Biology and Biophysics at the University of Chicago, Damon Runyon Fellow, president of the Radiation Research Society, and a founding member of the Biophysical Society. Zirkle was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1959. Zirkle served on the editorial boards of seven journals.