Background
Mason, Dean Towle was born on September 20, 1932 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Ira Jenckes and Florence Mabel (Towle) Mason.
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Dean Towle Mason
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Bachelor in Chemistry, Duke U., 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Duke U., 1958.
Career
Intern, then resident in medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1958-1961;
clinical associate cardiology branch, senior assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1961-1963;
assistant section director cardiovascular diagnosis, attending physician, senior investigator cardiology branch, United States Public Health Service, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1963-1968;
professor medicine, professor physiology, chief cardiovascular medicine, University of California Medical School, Davis-Sacramento Medical Center, 1968-1982;
director cardiac center, Cedars Medical Center, Miami, Florida, 1982-1983;
physician-in chief, Western Heart Institute, San Francisco, since 1983;
department chairman cardiovascular medicine, St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, 1986-1998. Co-chairman cardiovascular-renal drugs United States Pharmacopeia Committee Revision, 1970-1975. Member life science committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Medical research review board VA, National Institutes of Health. Vis.prof. numerous universities, consultant in field. Member American Cardiovascular Specialty Certified Board, 1970-1978.
Achievements
Membership
Master American College Cardiology (president 1977-1978). Fellow American College of Physicians, American HeartAssn., American College Chest Physicians, Royal Society Medicine. Member American Society Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Experimental Therapeutics award 1973), American Federation Clinical Research, New York Academy Sciences, American Association U. Cardiologists, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, We.
Association Physicians, American Association of University Professors, We. Society.Clin. Research (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Maureen O'Brien, June 22, 1957. Children: Kathleen, Alison.
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American
Awards
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Recipient research award American Therapeutic Society, 1965. Theodore and Susan B. Cummings Humanitarian award Department State-American College Cardiology, 1972, 73, 75, 78. Skylab Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974. University of California Faculty Research award, 1978, Award of Honor Wisdom Society, 1997, Medal of Honor Winston Churchill Society, 1998, Armand Hammer Creative Genius award, 1998, Dwight D. Eisenhower Admirable American of Achievement award, 1998. Named Outstanding Professor University of California Medical School, Davis, 1972.Recipient research award American Therapeutic Society, 1965. Theodore and Susan B. Cummings Humanitarian award Department State-American College Cardiology, 1972, 73, 75, 78. Skylab Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974.
University of California Faculty Research award, 1978, Award of Honor Wisdom Society, 1997, Medal of Honor Winston Churchill Society, 1998, Armand Hammer Creative Genius award, 1998, Dwight D. Eisenhower Admirable American of Achievement award, 1998. Named Outstanding Professor University of California Medical School, Davis, 1972.