Background
Pereira, Artur Torres was born on April 13, 1924 in Lisbon, Portugal. Son of Arthur Torres and Maria Antonieta (Oliveira) Pereira.
microbiologist medical educator
Pereira, Artur Torres was born on April 13, 1924 in Lisbon, Portugal. Son of Arthur Torres and Maria Antonieta (Oliveira) Pereira.
Doctor of Medicine, University Lisbon, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Lisbon, 1961.
Associate professor hygiene and microbiology, U. Lisbon, 1965-1968;
professor medicine, U. Lisbon, 1968-1994;
professor emeritus, U. Lisbon, since 1994;
vice rector, U. Lisbon, 1970-1974;
president science county faculty medicine, U. Lisbon, 1986-1989;
dean faculty of medicine, U. Lisbon, 1989-1994
director, Institute Bacteriology Camara Pestana, 1977-1994. Chairman discipline county Medical Association Portugal, 1984-1987. Chairman National Commision on Medical Education, Portugal, 1990-1994.
Member International Subcommittee on Nomenclature and Taxonomy of Staphylococci and Micrococci, 1963-1994, Internat.Subcom. for Phage-typing of Staphylococci, 1975-1994.
President Portuguese Family Planning Association, Lisbon, 1970. Member Academy of Sciences Lisbon, Portuguese Academy Medicine (emeritus), Evaluation Committee Portugese Medical Schools.
Married Natércia Ryder Costa, January 29, 1949. Children: Artur, Pedro, Jorge.