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Alfred Hershey (Alfred Day Hershey) was born on 4 December, 1908 in Owosso, Michigan, US, is an American bacteriologist and geneticist. Discover Alfred Hershey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

Popular As Alfred Day Hershey
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Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 4 December, 1908
Birthday 4 December
Birthplace Owosso, Michigan, US
Date of death 22 May, 1997
Died Place Syosset, New York, US
Nationality United States

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1908

Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.

Hershey was born in Owosso, Michigan to Robert Day and Alma Wilbur Hershey.

1918

At the time, he was survived by his wife Harriet Davidson (1918–2000) and their only child, Peter Manning Hershey (1956–1999).

Following his death, Frank Stahl, a member of The Phage Group, wrote: "The Phage Church, as we were sometimes called (see Phage group), was led by the Trinity of Delbrück, Luria, and Hershey. Delbrück's status as founder and his ex cathedra manner made him the pope, of course, and Luria was the hard-working, socially sensitive priest-confessor. And Al (Hershey) was the saint."

1930

He earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1930, and Ph.D. in bacteriology in 1934 from Michigan State University.

1934

Shortly after, Hershey accepted a faculty position at Washington University in St. Louis, serving as an instructor of bacteriology and immunology from 1934 to 1950.

At Washington University, Hershey worked closely with department head Jacques Bronfenbrenner to investigate bacteriophages, or phages—viruses that infect and replicate inside bacteria.

Hershey's work on the factors impacting the virus' ability to infect its targets brought him to the attention of fellow phage researchers Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria.

1943

In 1943, Delbrück invited Hershey to Vanderbilt University to discuss his phage research.

Together, with Luria, they would form the core of an informal network of researchers called "the Phage group".

Three years later, Hershey and Delbrück would independently discover that different strains of bacteriophage can both exchange genetic material when infecting the same bacterial cell.

This process results in hybrid phages containing genetic material from both sources, which Hershey referred to as "genetic recombination".

1950

Hershey left Washington University in 1950 for the Department of Genetics of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, a predecessor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Two years later, he and Martha Chase would conduct the famous Hershey–Chase, or "Waring Blender" experiment.

Their work confirmed that DNA, not protein, was the genetic material of life.

1962

In 1962, Hershey was named director of the Department of Genetics, a position he held until his retirement in 1970.

He would live on the grounds of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) for the rest of his life.

1969

Hershey's work with bacteriophage would earn him a share of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Delbrück and Luria, "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses."

Although officially retired from scientific research, Hershey would continue to pursue new projects.

1971

In 1971, he edited The Bacteriophage λ, an extensive volume on the subject, published by CSHL Press that same year.

1981

In 1981, Hershey became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.

1997

Hershey died from congestive heart failure on May 22, 1997 at his home in Laurel Hollow, New York.

He was 88 years old.