Background
Volkman, Alvin was born on June 10, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of HenryPhillip and Sarah Lucille (Silverstein) Volkman.
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Alvin Volkman
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Education
1 stepchild Jeffrey C. Moore.
Career
August 1967); children: Karl Frederick, NicholasJames, Rebecca Jane Evans, Margaret Rose Werrell, Deborah Ann Falls;m. Carol Ann Fishel, January 26, 1973 (deceased September 1992). 1 child, Natalie Fishel.
1 stepchild Jeffrey C. Moore.
Married A. Suzanne Hiss, October 6, 1997. Bachelor of Science, Union College, 1947.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Buffalo, 1951. Doctorate.Philosophy, U. Oxford (England), 1963.
Diplomate National Board Medical Examiners, American Board Pathology.
Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, 1951-1952. Research fellow department anatomy Western Reserve University School Medicine, 1952-1954. Resident, then sr.resident, then assistant in pathology Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1956-1960.
Assistant professor pathology Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1960-1966.
Assistant member, then associate member Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, 1966-1967. Professor department pathology East Carolina U. School Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, 1977, acting department chairman pathology, 1989-1990, associate dean for research and graduate studies, 1989-1995, professor emeritus, 1995.
Member National Institutes of Health study section immunological science, 1975-1979, chairman, 1977-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1954-1956. American Cancer Society scholar, 1961-1963. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Investigative Pathology, American Association Immunologists, American Society Hematology, Reticuloendothelial Society, American Society Microbiologists, New York Academy Sciences, Society Leukocyte Biology (honorary life).
Connections
Married Winifred Joan Grinnell, June 12, 1947 (divorced August 1967). Married A. Suzanne Hiss, October 6, 1997. Children: Karl Frederick, NicholasJames, Rebecca Jane Evans, Margaret Rose Werrell, Deborah Ann Falls.
