10 Facts About Frank Ruddle

Francis Hugh Ruddle was an American cell and developmental biologist who was the Sterling Professor at Yale University.

Frank Ruddle was an early visionary of the Human Genome Project and created the first genetically modified mouse.

Frank Ruddle was a pioneer in both human and mouse genetics.

Ruddle's parents, Thomas H Ruddle and Mary Henley Rhodda Ruddle, immigrated from the United Kingdom to West New York, New Jersey, where Frank was born on August 19,1929.

Frank Ruddle grew up in Mariemont, Ohio, where Ruddle spent a lot of his childhood near the Ohio River.

Frank Ruddle started his research and experimentation at Yale, and his work in the lab contributed to the development of the Human Genome Project.

In 1974, Frank Ruddle created the first ever Human Gene Mapping Workshop, and twelve years later, with Victor McKusick, began creating a new journal named Genomics, which the name now represents a whole branch of study.

In 1971, Frank Ruddle became the president of the Society for Developmental Biology, and in 1985 he was the American Society of Human Genetics' president.

Frank Ruddle was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976, the Institute of Medicine in 1985, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.

In 1983, Frank Ruddle received the William Alan Memorial Award by the American Society of Human Genetics.