Background
Pak, William Louis was born on September 27, 1932 in Suwon, Republic of Korea. Came to the United States, 1948.
Pak, William Louis was born on September 27, 1932 in Suwon, Republic of Korea. Came to the United States, 1948.
AB summa cum laude, Boston University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1960.
Institute physics, Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1960-1961;
assistant professor physics, Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1961-1965;
assistant professor biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1965-1967;
associate professor biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1967-1972;
professor biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1972-1987;
Oreffice distinguished professor biological science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1987. Panel member Visual Sciences B Study Section National Institutes of Health, 1972-1975. Member Vision Research.Rev.
Committee National Eye Institute, 1986-1990. Roche Research Foundation visiting professor, Basel, Switzerland, 1984.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (Friedenwald award 1995), Biophysics Society, Collegium of Distinguished Alumni Boston University, National Alumni Council Boston University, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marion Whitehouse, June 21, 1958. Children: William L. Junior, Dorothy K.