Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1902, Mar. 30 | Born, Bahrain, Persian Gulf |
1923 | B.A., Hope College, Holland, Mich. |
1924-1956 | Published nearly one hundred articles on the structure and function of the adrenal glands, biological effects of potassium, and focused ultrasound |
1925-1926 | Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1926 | Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1926-1928 | National Research Council Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. |
1928-1944 | Instructor and assistant professor of anatomy, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y. |
1929 | Married Dorothy Ingebord Bornn |
1941 | United States delegate, Second Pan American Congress on Endocrinology, Montevideo, Chile |
1941-1942 | Lectured before learned societies and university groups in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil |
1944-1947 | Associate Chief, Division of Cultural Relations, State Department Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Cooperation with American Republics and Director of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, State Department |
1947-1950 | Executive Secretary, National Academy of Sciences Executive Secretary, National Research Council |
1950-1955 | Chief, Science and Technology Division, Library of Congress |
1955-1957 | Chief, Division of International Cooperation for Scientific Research, Unesco, Paris, France Guest Scientist and Consultant in Physiology, Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, Md. |
1958-1961 | Assistant Science Advisor, International Organizations, State Department |
1961 | Associate editor, American Journal of Physiology and Journal of Applied Physiology |
1961-1962 | Director, Biological Information User Survey, Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1962-1973 | Director, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Translation Project, Washington, D.C. |
1973 | Retired |
1981, Oct. 5 | Died, Silver Spring, Md. |