Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: Fred Rapp was bom in Fulda, Germany, on March 13,1929, the oldest of three sons of Albert and Rita Rapp.World events caused the family to leave Germany in 1936 and to immigrate to New York City.The young and somewhat impressionable Fred loved the huge crowds and bands that greeted his ar rival in New York Harbor.It was only much later that he realized it was not his arrival but the return of Jesse Owens from the 1936 Olympics that had caused all the fuss.The family settled near the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.Fred showed an early aptitude for science and attended the Bronx High School of Science.Upon graduation, he matriculated at Brooklyn College and re ceived a Bachelor of Science degree in Biol ogy and Microbiology in 1951.Already inter ested in virology, he pursued studies on mea sles virus infection in culture and was awarded a Master of Science degree in Mi crobiology from Albany Medical College (Union University) in 1956.When his mentor,
Source: Intervirology
DOI: 10.1159/000150139
Author: Mary K. Howett
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1541349528