Gender

Male

Birth date

1929-12-9

Place of birth

Stockton CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1953-11-16, Oakland CA

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

8454th Medical Service Corp

Military specialty

Hospital Clinical Laboratory Technician

Stationed

USA - Fort Ord, Monterey, CA; Sandia Base, NM

Separated

Sandia Base NM

Unit responsibility

Operating Sandia Base Hospital Clinical Laboratory

Personal responsibility

Head of Hematology Group

Living conditions

Slept and bathed in permanent barracks.
Played sports for entertainment (played on base baseball and football teams.)

Most vivid memory of military experience

When the Army drafted me out of graduate school during the Korean War, they wasted two years of my life, i.e. I could have received my doctorate degree two years earlier. On the other hand, the army did give me a 2-year break (probably much needed) from 19 years of schooling.

Missed most whilst in the military

Graduate school.

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

The army gave me a break from 19 straight years of education and gave me time to reflect on my career aspirations. I returned to graduate school with renewed vigor and confidence.

I am thankful that the army recognized and used my talents (I already knew how to do all the clinical tests from college and graduate school) instead of making me a foot soldier.

Additional information

Presently (as of 1996), I am Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School. I began my teaching and research career at the U. of Wisconsin (2 years), moved on to the State U. of New York, Syracuse (4 Years) and taught at Minnesota for 32 years. To date, I have published 439 research papers and 2 non-scientific, history books.