Background
Gemmill, Chalmers Laughlin was born on November 24, 1901 in Cresson, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin KcKee and Clara Marie (Genso) Gemmill.
Gemmill, Chalmers Laughlin was born on November 24, 1901 in Cresson, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin KcKee and Clara Marie (Genso) Gemmill.
Bachelor of Science, Lafayette College, 1922; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1923; Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1926; postgraduate, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Heidelberg, Germany, 1931; postgraduate, Physiological Institute, Lund, Sweden, 1933; postgraduate, Bio-chemical Institute, Cambridge, England, 1934.
Assistant in physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1926-1927; instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1927-1928; assistant professor, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1928-1941; associate professor, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1941-1945; professor pharmacology, University of Virginia Medical School, 1945-1976; professor emeritus, University of Virginia Medical School, 1976-1982.
Served to lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Captain from 1945. Member American Physiological Society, Consultant Armed Forces of America, American Society Biology, American Society Pharmaceutical Experimental Therapy, Virginia Academy of Sciences, Endocrine Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Vivienne Angeline Warry, January 10, 1938. 1 child, Daphne DeJersey.