Claude Jean-Marie Lenfant

Background

Lenfant, Claude Jean-Marie was born on October 12, 1928 in Paris. Son of Robert and Jeanine (Leclerc) Lenfant. came to the United States, 1960, naturalized, 1965.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Rennes, France, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, University Paris, 1956; Honorary Doctor of Science, State University of New York, 1988.

Career

Assistant professor physiology, U. Lille, France, 1959-1960; from clinical instructor to professor medicine physiology and biophysics, U. Washington Medical School, 1961-1972; associate director lung programs, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1970-1972; director division lung diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, 1972-1980; director, Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health, 1980-1982; associate director international research, Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health, 1980-1982; director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, since 1982.

Achievements

• Claude Jean-Marie Lenfant has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Physicians. Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, French Physiological Society, American Physiological Society, New York Academy Sciences, Undersea Medical Society, Institute of Medicine of National Academy Science, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Medical Sciences, French National Academy Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Children: Philipe, Bernard, Martine Lenfant Wayman, Brigitte Lenfant Martin, Christine.

Father:

Robert Lenfant

Mother:

Jeanine (Leclerc) Lenfant

child:

Bernard Lenfant

child:

Christine Lenfant

child:

Brigitte Lenfant Martin Lenfant

child:

Martine Lenfant Wayman Lenfant

child:

Philipe Lenfant