About Harlyn O. Halvorson
Lived 1925 – 2008 (aged 82–83). Harlyn O. Halvorson was an American microbiologist.
Harlyn Odell Halvorson (May 17, 1925 – June 17, 2008) was an American microbiologist who served as director of the Marine Biological Laboratory from 1987 to 1992. Previously, he was director of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center at Brandeis University from 1971 to 1987, and served as president of the American Society for Microbiology in 1977. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1989.
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American microbiologist
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Harlyn O. Halvorson was born on 17 May 1925 in Minneapolis.
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Harlyn O. Halvorson died in 2008 in Woods Hole.
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Harlyn O. Halvorson was a microbiologist.
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