Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1916, Feb. 8 | Born, Saint Gall, Switzerland |
| 1934 | Entered medical section, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1936-1937 | Attended University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| 1939 | Married Regina Thurlimann |
| 1941 | Received doctor of medicine degree, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Came to the United States |
| 1941-1943 | Research fellow, intern in pathology, Yale Medical School and New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1943-1944 | Served as neutral Swiss member of the Red Cross Mixed Medical Commisssion in the United States |
| 1943-1945 | Intern in medicine and research fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School and Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Mass. |
| 1945-1948 | Fellow in medicine, Memorial Hospital, New York, N.Y. |
| 1946-1948 | Chief, Department of Clinical Investigation, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and instructor of medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1948-1957 | Research professor of medicine, Department of Surgery, and director of Cancer Research and Control Unit, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. |
| 1952 | Became naturalized American citizen |
| 1953 | Held first professional one-man art show, Carstairs Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
| 1955 | Published Medical Care of the Aged and Chronically Ill. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. |
| 1957 | Published The Biologic Basis of Cancer Management. New York: Hoeber-Harper |
| 1957-1984 | Founder and president, Bio-Research Institute, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1964-1986 | Served as honorary consul of Switzerland in Boston, Mass. |
| 1984- | Semiretired research professor in pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. Toxicology consultant |
| 2001, Sept. 25 | Died, Cambridge, Mass. |