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Mortimer P. Starr

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While finishing his PhD, Starr returned to Brooklyn College as an assistant professor of biology. He took a two-year leave of absence from Brooklyn College to conduct research at
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to help identify a plant pathogen that was killing pasture crops used by dairy farmers. While there, he was also a professor at the
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and Morris Starr. He had two brothers, Theodore and Daniel. He received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from
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In 1947, Mortimer Starr received an Honors Day Award from Brooklyn College. Starr was a two-time recipient of a
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Mortimer Paul Starr was born in New York City on April 13, 1917, to parents Fannie
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The Prokaryotes: a handbook on habitats, isolation, and identification of bacteria
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US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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in 1944; together, they had three children. He died in
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Sacramento, California 495:The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 442:opac.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp 392:The Academic Family Tree 249:National Research Fellow 212:Early life and education 763:Brooklyn College alumni 514:Journal of Bacteriology 196:, he briefly taught at 53:New York City, New York 283:, followed by time at 245:Hopkins Marine Station 142:Hopkins Marine Station 388:"Mortimer Paul Starr" 356:Starr married Phoebe 346:Guggenheim Fellowship 110:Phoebe Butwenig Starr 281:Cambridge University 233:Walter H. Burkholder 178:Walter H. Burkholder 712:"Mortimer P. Starr" 473:"Mortimer P. Starr" 303:L. Nicholas Ornston 227:. He then attended 190:Mortimer Paul Starr 18:Mortimer Paul Starr 639:The Sacramento Bee 621:The Press Democrat 595:The Sacramento Bee 477:The Sacramento Bee 289:Charles E. Clifton 229:Cornell University 92:Cornell University 365:Davis, California 340:Awards and honors 187: 186: 124:Scientific career 72:Davis, California 31:Mortimer P. 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Mortimer Paul Starr

New York City, New York
Davis, California
Brooklyn College
BS
Cornell University
MS
PhD
Brooklyn College
Hopkins Marine Station
University of California, Davis
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Walter H. Burkholder
Cornell
Brooklyn College
University of California, Davis
plant pathology
née
Brooklyn College
Cornell University
Walter H. Burkholder
Hopkins Marine Station
National Research Fellow
University of California, Davis
bacteriology
Colombia
National University of Colombia
Medellín

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