Albert Wollenberger

Background

Wollenberger, Albert was born on May 21, 1912 in Freiburg, Germany.

Education

Graduate, Springfield (Massachusetts) College, 1939. AM, Harvard University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1946.

Dr science medical, Academy of Sciences German Democratic Republic, 1987.

Career

Research assistant and associate department pharmacology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945-1951; guest investigator in neurophysiology and biochemistry, U. Copenhagen, U. Uppsala, Maudsley Hospital, London, 1951-1954; associate professor pharmacology, Humboldt U., Berlin, 1954-1956; chief Laboratory Circulation Research,, Academy Sciences German Democratic Republic, Berlin, 1956-1964; director Institute Circulation Research, Academy Sciences German Democratic Republic, Berlin, 1964-1972; director division cellular and molecular cardiology, Center Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Academy Sciences German Democratic Republic, Berlin, l972-77; chief cellular pharmacology group, Center Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Academy Sciences German Democratic Republic, Berlin, l978-86; research associate, Center Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Academy Sciences German Democratic Republic, Berlin, l987-.

Achievements

• Albert Wollenberger has been listed as a noteworthy pharmacologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Society for Heart Research (president 1973-1976, Distinguished Achievement award 1986), Society for Phrmacology German Democratic Republic, Sports Association of Academy of Sciences German Democratic Republic (president since 1979), Leopoldina, Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences (foreign), Sigma Xi. Honorary member Cardiac Muscle Society (United States), Hungarian Pharmaceutical Society, Hungarian Cardiology Society, Bio-chemical Society German Democratic Republic.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, mountain climbing.

Connections

Married Gertrud Basse, November 14, 1951. Children: Knud, Birgit, Ulla, Esther, Leah, Hannah, Ellen.

Spouse:

Gertrud Basse

child:

Hannah Wollenberger

child:

Esther Wollenberger

child:

Leah Wollenberger

child:

Ulla Wollenberger

child:

Birgit Wollenberger

child:

Ellen Wollenberger

child:

Knud Wollenberger