Background
Katzberg, Allan Alfred was born on July 6, 1913 in Orcadia, Saskatchewan, Canada. Came to United States, 1949, naturalized, 1952. Son of Frederick and Ida (Hoffman) Katzberg.
Katzberg, Allan Alfred was born on July 6, 1913 in Orcadia, Saskatchewan, Canada. Came to United States, 1949, naturalized, 1952. Son of Frederick and Ida (Hoffman) Katzberg.
Bachelor of Science, University Manitoba, Canada, 1943. Master of Science, Institutum Divi Thomae, Cincinnati, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oklahoma, 1956.
Doctor of Science, St. Thomas Institute, 1986.
Teacher public schools, Saskatchewan, 1933-1937. Instructor anatomy University Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City, 1949-1956, assistant professor anatomy, 1956-1959. Head cellular biology section United States Air Force Aerospace Medical Center, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, 1959-1960, deputy chief astrobiology branch, 1960-1963.
Associate professor physiology University Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 1963-1964. Chairman anatomy Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, 1964-1968. Associate professor biology Western Illinois University, Macomb, 1968-1969.
Associate professor anatomy Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1969-1977, professor, 1977-1984, acting chairman anatomy department, 1970-1971. Professor emeritus Indiana University Medical Center, since 1984. Director summer seminar Institutum Divi Thomae, Cincinnati, 1961.
Member expedition to collect primates of E. Africa, 1964. Consultant United States Air Force Arctic Aero-Medical Laboratory, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1961, Cambridge University, England, 1964-1965, Southwest Agricultural Institute, Texas, 1965, Southwest Research Institute, Texas, 1966, University Utah, Purdue University, University California, 1966, Federal Aviation Administration, 1967, United States Air Force, 657st Aeromed. Research Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, 1967, Ford Motor Company, 1967.
Project officer human studies on board Discoverer Satellites 17, 18, 29, 30, 35, 36.
Deacon Baptist Church, since 1955. Fellow Royal Microscopical Society. Member American Association Anatomists, Texas Cell and Tissue Culture Association (president 1960-1961), Pan American Association Anatomists (founder), Sociedad Mexicana de Anatomia (honorary member), Youth for Christ (president 1963).
Married Betty Jeanne Bainbridge, August 10, 1948. Children: Allan Alfred, Susan Katzberg Foster, Mary Joanna, Elizabeth Lynne.