Background
Wood, Earl Howard was born on January 1, 1912 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Clark and Inez (Goff) Wood.
Wood, Earl Howard was born on January 1, 1912 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Clark and Inez (Goff) Wood.
Bachelor of Arts, Macalester College, 1934; Doctor of Science, Macalester College, 1950; Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1939; Master of Science, Bachelor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1942.
Teaching fellow physiology, University of Minnesota, 1936-1939;
instructor, University of Minnesota, 1940;
National Research Council fellow medical science, department pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, 1941;
instructor pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 1942;
research assistant acceleration laboratory, Mayo Aero Medical Unit, 1943;
assistant professor physiology, Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota Graduate School, 1944;
professor physiology and medicine, Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota Graduate School, since 1950;
staff member section physiology, Mayo Clinic, since 1947;
chairman biophysics science unit, Mayo Medical School
career investigator, American Heart Association, since 1961. Science consultant air surgeon United States Air Force Aero Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany, 1946. Visiting professor U. Bern, 1965-1966.
Visiting scientist department physiology University College, London, 1972-1973. Research consultant Canadian Air Force, DCIEM, Toronto, 1993-1994.
Fellow Aerospace Medical Association (Distinguished Research award 1983). Member American Physiological Society (past chairman circulation group, president 1980-1981, Daggs award 1995), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American, Central societies clinical investigation, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Heart Association (Research Achievement award 1973, past chairman basic science section), American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy Medicine Mexico, National Academy Arts and Sciences (Netherlands), Federated American Societies Experimental Biology (president since 1981), German Society for Heart and Circulation Research, Carl-Ludwig Ehrenmünze, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (Outstanding Achievement award 1991).
Married Ada C. Peterson, December 20, 1936. Children: Phoebe Busch, Mark Goff, Guy Harland, Earl Andrew.