Background
Upton, Arthur Canfield was born on February 27, 1923 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Herbert Hawkes and Ellen (Canfield) Upton.
Upton, Arthur Canfield was born on February 27, 1923 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Herbert Hawkes and Ellen (Canfield) Upton.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1941. Bachelor, University Michigan, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, 1946.
Intern University Hospital, Ann Arbor, 1947, resident, 1948—1949. Instructor pathology University Michigan Medical School, 1950—1951. Pathologist Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1951—1954, chief pathology-physiology section, 1954—1969.
Professor pathology State University of New York Medical School at Stony Brook, 1969—1977, chairman department pathology, 1969—1970, dean School Basic Health Sciences, 1970—1975. Director National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1977—1979. Professor, chairman department environmental medicine New York University Medical School, New York City, 1980—1992, professor emeritus, since 1993.
Clinical professor radiology University New Mexico School Medicine, 1993—1995, clinical professor, pathology, 1992—1995. Clinical professor environmental and community medicine University Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, since 1995. Attending pathologist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1969—1977.
Director Institute Environmental Medicine, Medical School, New York University, 1980—1992. Member various committees national and international organizations. Lecturer in field; member advisory board General Motors Cancer Research Foundation.
With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Fellow: New York Academy of Sciences, Society Risk Analysis (Outstanding Achievement award 1997). Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ramazzini Institute (president 1992—2003), Association University Environmental Health Science Centers 1982-1990, International Association Radiation Research, New York State Health Research Council (chairman 1982-1990), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Science Research Society of America, Gerontological Society, Peruvian Oncology Society (honorary), Japan Cancer Association (honorary), American Society Experimental Pathology (president 1967-1968), American Association Cancer Research 1963-1964, International Association Radiation Research 1983-1987, Radiation Research Society (councilor 1963-1964, president 1965-1966), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences (Comfort-Crookshank award 1979), International Academy Pathology, American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Bache Perry, March 1, 1946. Children: Rebecca A., Melissa P., Bradley C.