Ter-Pogossian was born in Berlin , the only child of Armenian parents who had settled in Germany after escaping the Armenian Genocide during World War I . The family moved to France when Michel was a young child . During World War II , he fought with the French resistance . He earned degrees in science from the University of Paris and from the Institute of Radium . In 1946 , he emigrated to the United States to attend Washington University of St. Louis ; he later joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine . He was married in 1966 to Ann Scott Dodson and had three children and six grandchildren
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Michel Ter-Pogossian