About Walter Goad
Lived 1925 – 2000. Walter Goad was a geneticist and physicist.
Walter Goad (1925–2000) was a nuclear physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. During the 1960s, Goad turned his attention from physics to biology and he is best known for his contributions to the founding of GenBank, the most widely used repository for DNA sequence data.
Early life and education
Goad was born to working class parents in Marlow, Georgia, in 1925. Growing up during the Depression, his family moved frequently in search of work. When he was twelve years old, Goad began to work for a radio repairman and soon after obtained the qualification to work as an engineer at a local radio station.
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Who was Walter Goad?
American physicist (1925–2000)
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Walter Goad was born in 1925.
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Walter Goad died in 2000.
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Walter Goad was a geneticist and physicist.
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