Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., Curriculum Vitae
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| July 9, 1900 | Born in Landeshut Silesia, Germany (now Poland) |
| 1918-1919 | University of Breslau (Germany) |
| 1919-1920 | University of Heidelberg (Germany) |
| 1920-1921 | University of Freiburg (Germany) |
| 1921-1922 | University of München (Germany) |
| 1922-1925 | University of Freiburg (Germany) |
| 1925 | Ph.D. in Zoology (Experimental Embryology) under Professor H. Spemann, Nobel Laureate. University of Freiburg |
| 1925-1926 | Research Associate, University of Göttingen (Prof. A. Kühn) |
| 1926-1927 | Research Associate, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology (Prof. O. Mangold) Berlin - Dahlem, Germany |
| 1927-1932 | Privatdozent, Instructor, Zoological Institute, University of Freiburg |
| 1932-1935 | Rockefeller Fellow, Instructor, Department of Zoology, University of Chicago |
| 1935-1939 | Assistant Professor of Zoology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1939-1941 | Associate Professor of Zoology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1941-1968 | Professor of Zoology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1968-1969 | Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished Service Professor of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1969- | Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1941-1966 | Chairman, Department of Zoology, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1936-1945 | Instructor, later Director, Embryology Course, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA |
| 1947 (Spring) | Special Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
| 1947 (Summer) | Visiting Professor, Zoology Department, University of Chicago |
| 1950 (Spring) | Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1950 (Summer) | Visiting Professor, Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley |
| June 12, 2001 | Died, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Member | American Society of Zoologists (President, 1955) American Association of Anatomists American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Vice-President, Chairman, Section F, 1960) American Society for Developmental Biology (President, 1950, 1951) Society for Developmental Biology International Society for Cell Biology International Society of Developmental Biologists |
| Honorary Member |
International Society for Developmental Neuroscience |
| Honors | National Academy of Science (U.S.A.), 1953 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1959 Sigma XI Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Doctorate of Science, Washington University, May 21, 1976 F.O. Schmitt Medal and Prize in Neuroscience, Oct. 20, 1976 Wakeman Award in Neuroscience, 1978 Ross G. Harrison - ISDB Prize in Developmental Biology of the International Society of Developmental Biologists, Aug. 21, 1981 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize in Cell Biology and Developmental NeuroBiology, Columbia University, Oct. 17, 1983 Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1984 Ralph Gerard Prize and Medal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1985 Fidia-Georgetown Award in Neuroscience, May, 1987 National Medal of Science, Oct. 18, 1989 Karl Spencer Lashley Award of the American Philosophical Society, April, 1990 Honorary Member, American Society of Zoologists, 1990 Honorary Doctorate, Rockefeller University, 1999 (First) Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Develomental Biology, 2000 For more information on some of these honors see the library display. |
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