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Calnek, Bruce Wixson was born on January 29, 1932 in Manchester, New York, United States.
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Bruce Wixson Calnek
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Bruce Wixson Calnek, American veterinary virologist. Achievements include research in viral oncology, with particular emphasis on pathogenesis of avian neoplastic diseases of chickens induced by DNA-containing viruses, known as Marek's disease. Member American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association Avian Pathologists, World Vet Poultry Association.
Education
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1955; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1956.
Career
Acting assistant professor poultry disease, Cornell Univercity, 1956-1957;
associate professor veterinary science, U. Massachusetts, 1957-1961;
professor avian disease, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1961-1995;
department chairman avian and aquatic animal medicine, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1977-1995;
Steffen professor veterinary medicine emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1995. National Cancer Institute fellow virology University of California, Berkeley, 1967-1968. Visiting scientist oncology Houghton Poultry Research Station, England, 1974-1975.
Cancerrsch. fellow International Union Against Cancer, 1974-1975. Consultant virologystudy section National Institutes of Health, 1975-1979. Visiting scientist Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, 1983-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association Avian Pathologists, World Vet Poultry Association.
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Married, 1954; 2 children.
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American
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1955
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1956