Background
Blomquist, Carl Gunnar was born on December 31, 1931 in Båraryd, Sweden. Son of Arvid Elias and Karin Johanna (Hullman) Blomquist. came to the United States, 1965, naturalized.
Blomquist, Carl Gunnar was born on December 31, 1931 in Båraryd, Sweden. Son of Arvid Elias and Karin Johanna (Hullman) Blomquist. came to the United States, 1965, naturalized.
Bachelor of Medicine, U. Lund, Sweden, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, U. Lund, Sweden, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1967.
Research fellow in cardiovascular epidemiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, 1960-1961;
resident, Karolinska Institute, 1962-1965;
member of faculty, University Texas Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, since 1966;
professor medicine and physiology, University Texas Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, since 1976;
director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Specialized Center Research and Training in Integrated Physiology, 1993-1998. Member research study committee American Heart Association, 1970-1973. Member applied physiology study section National Institutes of Health, 1974-1978.
Member space biology and medicine committee NAS, 1986-1990.
Fellow American College Cardiology, American College Sports Medicine. Member International Academy Astronautics, American Heart Association (fellow county epidemiolo), Aerospace Medical Association (Luis H. Bauer Founders award 1995), American Physiological Society.
Married Joan Barre Bakula, 1961. Children: Mary Jennifer, Peter Carl.