Scientist, student, teacher
He continued his higher education for nearly two decades. After graduating from Georgetown University, he entered the Jesuit seminary and earned a master's degree in philosophy at St. Louis University. In 1970, he earned his Ph.D. in microbial genetics and biochemistry from Yale and completed postgraduate training molecular genetics with Dr. Charles Yanofsky at Stanford University in 1973.
Inspired by his own instructors and imbued with the Jesuit thirst for knowledge and desire to pass it onto others, for 31 years Manny combined his research career at M.D. Anderson with teaching at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and for nine years, at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He mentored young scientists from around the world.
Manny's lifelong research probed the intricacies of translating the genetic code, earned him continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health for three decades, took him around the globe for collaborative work with other cutting-edge researchers and earned him a number of prestigious national and international awards. He contributed to more than 60 articles in scientific journals and 11 book chapters and was invited to organize meetings and symposia and to present his research at nearly 100 national and international conferences.
Manny recorded with renowned pianist Dick Barlow at the Warwick Hotel in Houston.
Manny's Life in Pictures