Douglas Radford Shanklin

Background

Shanklin, Douglas Radford was born on November 25, 1930 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Ferguson and Muriel (Morgan) Shanklin.

Education

Student Wilson Teachers College, 1949. Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Syracuse University, 1952. Doctor of Medicine State University of New York, Syracuse, 1955.

Career

Intern in pathology Duke University, 1955-1956, resident, 1958. Resident in pathology State University of New York, Syracuse, 1958-1960. Practice medicine specializing in pathology, Gainesville, Florida, 1960-1967, 78-83.

Member of faculty U.Fla., 1960-1967.

Professor pathology, obstetrics-gynecology University of Chicago, 1967-1978. Pathologist-in-chief Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 1967-1978.

Professor department pathology University of Tennessee-Memphis, 1983, professor obstetrics, 1986, vice department chairman pathology, 1983-1990. Visiting professor U. Oklahoma, 1967, Duke University, Michigan State University, 1969, Leeds University, Dundee University, Karolinska, 1974, Leeds University, 1978, 85, Emory University, 1980, London University, Edinburgh University, 1981, 85, U. British College, 1987.

Junior investigator Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1951-1954, senior investigator, since 1966, member corporation, since 1970.

Parliamentarian, 1990-1994. Member Marine Resources Advisory Committee, 1988-1990, member election committee, 1994. Chairman national advising committee West-I-C evaluation United States Department of Agriculture, 1979-1986.

Lecturer College Law U. Florida, 1963-1967, 77-83.

Consultant Pan American Health Organisation, 1973-1989. Senior consultant Santa Fe Foundation, 1976-1979, executive director, 1979-1983.

Course director Center Continuing Education, University of Chicago, 1980-1982. Trustee College Light Opera Company, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1970, Hippodrome Theatre, Gainesville, 1975-1983, Opera Memphis, 1989-1992.

With Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1958.

Achievements

• Douglas Radford Shanklin has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of faculty U.Fla., 1960-1967. Member Marine Resources Advisory Committee, 1988-1990. Fellow Royal Society Medicine (London).

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Experimental Pathology, American Society Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology, American Chemical Society, Astronom.

Society Pacific American, Hospital Association, American College Rheumatology (special study committee 1995-1996), Society Pediat. Research, International Academy Pathologists, Mathematics Association American, Southern Society Pediatric Research, Southern Medical assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, American College Ob-Gyn, Physicians Social Responsibility, International Physicians for Prevention Nuclear War, College Physicians and Surgeons Costa Rica, Pediatric Pathology.

Connections

Married Virginia McClure, April. Children: Elizabeth, Leigh, Lois Virginia, John Carter, Eleanor.

Father:

John Ferguson Shanklin

Mother:

Muriel (Morgan) Shanklin

Spouse:

Virginia McClure

child:

Leigh Shanklin

child:

Eleanor Shanklin

child:

John Carter Shanklin

child:

Lois Virginia Shanklin

child:

Elizabeth Shanklin