Background
Thomas, Edward Donnall was born on March 15, 1920 in Mart, Texas, United States.
Thomas, Edward Donnall was born on March 15, 1920 in Mart, Texas, United States.
Bachelor, University Texas, Austin, 1941. Master of Arts, University Texas, Austin, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1946.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Cagliari, Italy, 1981. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Verona, Italy, 1991. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Parma, Italy, 1992.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Barcelona, Spain, 1994. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Warsaw, Poland, 1996. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Warsaw, Poland, 1996.
Intern in medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1946-1947;
research fellow hematology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1947-1948;
National Research Council postdoctoral fellow in medicine department biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950-1951;
chief medical resident, senior assistant resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1951-1953;
hematologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1953-1955;
instructor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1953-1955;
research associate Cancer Research Foundation, Children's Medical Center, Boston, 1953-1955;
physician-in-chief, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York, 1955-1963;
associate clinical professor medicine College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1955-1963;
attending physician, U. Washington Hospital, Seattle, 1963-1990;
professor medicine School Medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1963-1990;
head division oncology School Medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1963-1985;
professor emeritus medicine School Medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1990;
director medical oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 1974-1989;
associate director clinical research programs, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 1982-1989;
member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, since 1974. Member hematology study section National Institutes of Health, 1965-1969. Member board of trustees and medical science advising committee Leukemia Society American, Inc., 1969-1973.
Member clinical cancer investigation review committee National Cancer Institute, 1970-1974. 1st annual Eugene C. Eppinger lecturer Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1974. Lilly lecturer Royal College Physicians, London, 1977.
Stratton lectr.Internation Society Hematology, 1982. Paul Aggeler lecturer University of California, San Francisco, 1982. 65th Mellon lecturer U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1984.
Stanley Wright Memorial lecturer Western Society Pediatric Research, 1985. Adolfo Ferrata lecturer Italian Society Hematology, Verona, Italy, 1991.
With United States Army, 1948-1950. Member NAS, American Association Cancer Research, American Association Physicians (Kober medal 1992), American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Oncology (David A. Karnoksky Memorial lecturer 1983), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Hematology (president 1987-1988, Henry M. Stratton lecturer 1975), International Society Experimental Hematology, International Society Hematology, Academie Royale de Medicine de Belgique (corresponding member), Swedish Society Hematology (honorary), Swiss Society Hematology, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada (honorary), Western Association Physicians, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Transplantation Society, National Academy Medicine (honorary).
Married Dorothy Martin. 3 children.