Background
Schmidt-Nielsen, Bodil Mimi was born on November 3, 1918 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Daughter of August and Marie (Jorgensen) Krogh. came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1952.
Schmidt-Nielsen, Bodil Mimi was born on November 3, 1918 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Daughter of August and Marie (Jorgensen) Krogh. came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1952.
Doctor of Dental Surgery, University Copenhagen, 1941. DOdont, University Copenhagen, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Copenhagen, 1955.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Bates College, 1983. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Aarhus, Denmark, 1997.
Faculty, Duke, Durham, North Carolina, 1952-1964; professor biology, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1964-1971; department chairman, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1970-1971; Adjunct Professor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1971-1974; trustee, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Maine. research scientist, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Maine., 1971-1986; Executive Committee, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Maine., 1978-1985; vice president, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Maine., 1979-1981; president, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Maine., 1981-1985. Adjunct Professor Brown U., Providence, 1972-1978, department physiological U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1987. Member training grant committee NIGMS, 1967-1971.
(August Krogh, the son of a brewer, studied zoology in Cop...)
Trustee College of Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1972-1992. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (delegate council 1977-1979), New York Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Physiological Society (council 1971-1977, president 1975-1976, Ray G. Daggs award 1989, Orr Reynolds award 1994, August Knogh lecturer 1994, Berliner award 1998), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (council 1967-1971).
Married Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, September 20, 1939 (divorced February 1966). Children: Astrid, Bent, Bodil. Married Roger G. Chagnon, October 1968 (deceased 2003).