Background
Small, Donald MacFarland was born on September 15, 1931 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Grace (MacFarland) Small.
gastroenterologist Biophysics educator
Small, Donald MacFarland was born on September 15, 1931 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Grace (MacFarland) Small.
Bachelor, Occidental College, 1954; Master of Arts (honorary), Oxford (England) University, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960.
Intern, assistant resident in medicine, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, 1960-1962;
senior resident, Boston City Hospital, 1962-1963;
visiting physician medical services, Boston City Hospital, since 1965;
assistant professor medicine, Boston University School Medicine, 1968-1969;
associate professor medicine and biochemistry, Boston University School Medicine, 1969-1973;
professor, Boston University School Medicine, since 1973;
professor biophysics, department chairman, Boston University School Medicine, since 1989;
director Biophysics Institute, Boston University School Medicine, since 1972. Special training in physical chemistry of lipids Institute Pasteur, Paris, 1963-1965;member of advisory board Gladstone Found laboratories, San Francisco, since 1980, Liver Center, U. Colorado, Denver, since 1985. George Lyman Duff Memorial lecturer Council Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association, 1986.
Consultant National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1968-1972, member task force National Heart, Lung andBlood Institute, 1990. Also others.
Board of directors Franconia (N.H.) Ski Racing Club, 1974-1977. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association (fellow county arteriosclerosis, chairman program committee 1988-1990, chairman county 1992-1994), American Association Physicians, American Society Biological Chemists, Biophysics Society, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Gastroenterological Association (Annual Distinguished Achievement award 1972), American Oil Chemists Society (Alton E. Bailey award 1998), American Federation Clinical Research, American Chemical Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, Suffolk District Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Married Elisabeth Chan, July 8, 1957 (divorced 1979). Children: Geoffrey, Philip. Married Kathryn Ross, July 26, 1986.
1 child, Samuel.