Farquhar, Marilyn (1928–)

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Farquhar, Marilyn (1928–)

American cell biologist. Name variations: Marilyn Gist Farquhar. Born Marilyn Gist, July 11, 1928; grew up in Tulare, California; dau. of Brooks Dewitt Gist (insurance agent and writer) and Alta Green Gist (managed a floral shop); University of California, Berkeley, BA, 1949, MA, 1952, PhD, 1955; m. John Farquhar (div.); George Palade, June 7, 1970; children: (1st m.) 2.

Worked as an assistant research pathologist at University of California, Berkeley (1956–58); at Rockefeller University's department of cell biology, served as research associate (1958–62) and professor (1970–73); at University of California, San Francisco, was associate research pathologist (1962–64), associate pathology professor in residence (1964–68), and pathology professor in residence (1968–70); was professor of cell biology and pathology (1973–87) and the Sterling Professor of Cell Biology and Pathology (1987–89) at Yale University School of Medicine; elected to National Academy of Sciences (1988); recruited with husband George Palade to start a new cellular and molecular medicine division at the University of California, San Diego (1990); elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991). Received American Society for Cell Biology's E.B. Wilson Medal (1987), American Society of Nephrology's Homer Smith Award (1987), and NIH Merit Award (1988).