Franklin Stahl

His interest in genetics was cemented in 1952 by his introduction to bacterial viruses (phages) in a course taught by A. H. (Gus) Doermann at the Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory.

In 1955, he undertook postdoctoral studies with Giuseppe Bertani (in the Phage group) at Caltech (Pasadena) with the aim of learning some bacterial genetics.

In the succeeding years, his research involved the phages T4 and Lambda and the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with his primary focus on genetic recombination.

[2] Since his retirement in 2001, he lives with Jette and four llamas in Eugene, where he continues to submit research papers and participates in University of Oregon governance.

[2] In bacteria: In phage T4: In Lambda: In Yeast: 1997- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology 1996 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (from Genetics Society of America) 1986- Associate Member EMBO 1985- American Cancer Society Research Professor 1985-1990 MacArthur Fellow 1981- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1976- Member, National Academy of Sciences 1975-76; 1985-1986 Guggenheim Fellow 1969-70 NIH Special Postdoctoral Fellowship Honorary Doctor of Science: Oakland University and University of Rochester