Background
Walaszek, Edward Joseph was born on July 4, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Edward Joseph Walaszek
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Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, University of Chicago, 1953; Doctor of Medicine honoris causa, U. Helsinki, 1990.
Career
Research fellow, U. Edinburgh, 1953-1955;
assistant professor neurophysiology and biochemistry, University of Illinois, 1955-1956;
assistant professor pharmacology, U. Kansas School Medicine, Kansas City, 1957-1959;
associate professor, U. Kansas School Medicine, 1959-1962;
professor, U. Kansas School Medicine, since 1962;
department chairman, U. Kansas School Medicine, 1964-1992;
United States Public Health Service special research fellow, 1956-1961. Member health study section medical chemistry National Institutes of Health, 1962-1966, member health study section on research career development award, 1966-1970, member health study section on pharmacology-toxicology, 1974-1978, research career award, 1963. Mem.com. teaching of science International Council Science Unions.
Member of advisory county International Union Pharmacology, 1972-1981, chairman of the section teaching, 1975-1985. Chairman of the Board Computer Assisted Teaching Systems Consortium.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College Clinical Pharmacologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Society Pharmacology, Society Neurosci. Member Finnish Academy Science and Letters (foreign), Finnish Pharmaceutical Society (honorary), Hungarian Pharmaceutical Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Rho Chi.
Connections
Married; two children.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient vice-chancellor's award University Kansas, 1974, Rector's medal U. Helsinki, 1975, Recognition medal Vanderbilt University, 1991, Arstiteaduskondmedal Tartu U., Estonia, 1993.Recipient vice-chancellor's award University Kansas, 1974, Rector's medal U. Helsinki, 1975, Recognition medal Vanderbilt University, 1991, Arstiteaduskondmedal Tartu U., Estonia, 1993.