Background
Sjoerdsma, Albert was born on August 31, 1924 in Lansing, Illinois, United States. Son of Sam and Agnes Sjoerdsma.
research and development company executive
Sjoerdsma, Albert was born on August 31, 1924 in Lansing, Illinois, United States. Son of Sam and Agnes Sjoerdsma.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1944. Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1948.
Doctor of Medicine, University Chicago, 1949.
Research assistant, University of Chicago, 1947-1949;
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral research fellow, University of Chicago, 1950;
intern, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, 1949-1950;
resident physician, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1951;
resident in internal medicine, United States Public Health Service Hospital, Baltimore, 1951-1953;
senior investigator, chief experimental therapeutics branch, National Heart and Lung Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1953-1971;
vice president, Merrell International Company, Strasbourg, France, 1971-1978;
vice president pharmaceutical research and development, Richardson-Merrell Inc., 1978-1981;
vice president pharmaceutical research, Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, 1981-1983;
president, Merrell Dow Research Institute, Cincinnati, 1983-1989
president emeritus, Merrell Dow Research Institute, Cincinnati, 1989-1994;
medical science consultant, since 1994. Visiting special fellow General Hospital, Malmo, Sweden, 1959-1960. Special lecturer George Washington University, 1959-1971.
Anton Julius Carlson lecturer University of Chicago, 1984. Honorary chairman 2d World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Washington, 1983. Clinical professor medicine U. Cincinnati Medical Center, 1986-1991.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (Theobold Smith award medical science 1958), American Society Pharmaceutical and Experimental Therapeutics (Harry Gold award in clinical pharmacology 1977, Experimental Therapeutics award 1990), American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Oscar B. Hunter Memorial award in therapeutics 1981, 50 Year Membership certified 2007), International Society Hypertension, Council High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Association American Physicians, American College Neuropsychopharmacology.
Married Fern E. MacAllister, December 2, 1950. Children– Leslie, Ann, Albert, Britt.