Background
Henderson, Edward Shelton was born on July 19, 1932 in Ventura, California, United States. Son of Edward and Leigh Claiborn (Shelton) Henderson.
Henderson, Edward Shelton was born on July 19, 1932 in Ventura, California, United States. Son of Edward and Leigh Claiborn (Shelton) Henderson.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1956.
Intern, then resident in internal medicine, Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1956-1959;
fellow hematology, instructor medicine, University of Southern California Medical School, 1959-1961;
clinical associate, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1963;
senior investigator, laboratory chemical pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1963-1965;
head leukemia service, medicine branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1972;
chief department medical oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1973-1989;
principal investigator Clinical Cancer Research Center, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1973-1989;
professor medicine, State University of New York Medical School, Buffalo, 1979-1991, 96-;
chief division oncology, co-chairman cancer education committee, State University of New York Medical School, Buffalo, 1979-1989;
clinical professor, Georgetown School Medicine, 1992-1996. Board directors Cancer and Leukemia Group B, National Institutes of Health, 1965-1989. Medical advisory panel Leukemia Society American, 1976-1981, 84-92, 94-.
Science advisory board American Cancer Society, 1978-1983, 87-89.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1961-1964. Member American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Association Cancer Research, International Society Experimental Hematology, Association Gnotobiology, Transplantation Society, Society Biological Therapy, European Hematology Association, International Society Hematology.
Married Barbara Wunschmann, October 1, 1970. Children: Peter, Emilie, Jacqueline, Nadine, John.