Arnold DeMerritt Welch

Background

Welch, Arnold DeMerritt was born on November 7, 1908 in Nottingham, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Lewis H. and Stella M. (Batchelder) Welch.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Florida, 1930. Master of Science, University Florida, 1931. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Florida, 1973.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1934. Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1939.

Career

Research assistant, U. Florida, 1929-1931; fellow pharmacology, U. Toronto, 1931-1935; assistant pharmacology, Washington University, 1935-1936; instructor, Washington University, 1936-1940; director pharmacology research, Sharp and Dohme, Inc., Philadelphia, 1940-1944; director research, Sharp and Dohme, Inc., Philadelphia, 1943-1944; professor pharmacology, director department, School Medicine, Western Reserve U., 1944-1953; Fulbright senior research scholar, University of Oxford, 1952; professor pharmacology, department chairman, School Medicine, Yale University, 1953-1967; Eugene Higgins professor pharmacology, School Medicine, Yale University, 1957-1967; director, Squibb Institute Medical Research, 1967-1972; vice president Research and Development, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. president, Squibb Institute Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey, 1972-1974; department chairman biochemistry and clinical pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1974-1981; researcher, member emeritus, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1981-1983. Cancer expert National Cancer Institute, 1983-1986, acting deputy director division of cancer treatment, 1984. Scientist emeritus and researcher National Institutes of Health, 1986-1988.

Member commission on growth National Research Council, chairman panel mechanic action, 1946-1948, chairman of the section chemotherapy, 1948-1952, Chairman of Commission on growth, 1952-1954. Member science advisory boards Leonard Wood Memorial, 1947-1953, National Vitamin Foundation, 1953-1956, St.Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1968-1971. Member division biology and medicine National Science Foundation, 1953-1955.

Member study section pharmacology and experimental therapeutics United States Public Health Service, 1952-1956, 1959-1963, chairman, 1960-1963, chairman study sect.chemotherapy, 1963-1965. Member coordinating committee cancer chemotherapy National Cancer Svc. Center, United States Public Health Service, 1955-1957.

Member research advisory county American CancerSoc., 1956-1959. Member of advisory county biological science Princeton University, 1969-1975. Member working cadre National Large Bowel Cancer program National Cancer Institute, 1975-1980.

Science advisory board La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, 1978-1981. Member Memphis Medical Seminar, 1977-1983, president, 1981-1982.

Achievements

• Arnold DeMerritt Welch has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist, biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Pharmacol. and Experimental Therapeutics, Association American Physicians, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Society Hematology, American Chemical Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Bio-chemical Society Great Britain, Cosmos Club (Washington), Fairbanks Ranch Country Club (Rancho Santa Fe, California), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, AlphaOmega Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Tau Delta.

Connections

Married Mary Grace Scott, June 15, 1933 (deceased). Children: Michael Scott, Stephen Anthony, Gwyneth Jeanne Sinizer. Married Erika Petrová, March 15, 1966.

Father:

Lewis H. Welch

Mother:

Stella M. (Batchelder) Welch

Spouse:

Erika Petrová

Spouse:

Mary Grace Scott

child:

Michael Scott Welch

child:

Gwyneth Jeanne Sinizer Welch

child:

Stephen Anthony Welch