Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1929-12-9

Lugar de Nacimiento

Stockton CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1953-11-16, Oakland CA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War,peacetime

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

8454th Medical Service Corp

Especialidad militar

Hospital Clinical Laboratory Technician

Asignado

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

Retirado

Sandia Base NM

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Operating Sandia Base Hospital Clinical Laboratory

Responsabilidad individual

Head of Hematology Group

Condiciones de Vida

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

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

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.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Graduate school.

¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?

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.

Información adicional

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.