Background
Mirand, Edwin Albert was born on July 18, 1926 in Buffalo. Son of Thomas and Lucy (Papier) Mirand.
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Edwin Albert Mirand, American Medical scientist. Recipient Billings Silver medal American Medical Association, 1963, Margaret Hays Edwards award in education, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1993, Citation award in science college arts andscis., 1964, award science research mammalian tumor viruses Medical Society State New York, 1963.
Education
Bachelor, U. Buffalo, 1947; Master of Arts, U. Buffalo, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse (New York) U., 1951; Doctor of Science (honorary), Niagara (New York) U., 1970; Doctor of Science (honorary), D'Youville College, Buffalo, 1974.
Career
Successively undergraduate assistant, graduate assistant, instructor, U. Buffalo, 1946-1948;
teaching fellow, Syracuse University, 1948-1951;
instructor, Utica (New York) College, 1950;
member of staff, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, since 1951;
head, W. Seneca laboratories, since 1961;
associate institute director, head department education, W. Seneca laboratories, since 1967;
director cancer research, W. Seneca laboratories, 1968-1973;
head department viral oncology, W. Seneca laboratories, 1970-1973;
head department biological recources, W. Seneca laboratories, since 1973. Research professor biology Graduate School, professor biochemistry pharmacology School Pharmacy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1955-1997, dean emeritus, since 1997, dean Roswell Parkgrad. division State University of New York, since 1967. Research professor biology Graduate School.
Member human cancer virus task force, clinical cancer education committee National Institutes of Health. Senior advisor to president and Chief Executive Officer, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, since 1997, director alumni, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the United States national committee Union International Contra Cancer. Professional education committee cancer control National Cancer Institute. Liaison member President's National Cancer Adv.Bd.
Member of New York State Health Research Council. Member Governor's Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Advisory Council, since 1982. Secretary New York State Cancer Programs, Inc., since 1984.
Board directors Network in Aging of Western New York, Inc., since 1986. Trustee D'Youville College, since 1998. Life member, fellow New York Academy Science.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Cancer Society (state public education committee since 1982, national advising committee on research personnel since 1985), Association Gnotobiotics (president 1968-1969, director 1975-1978), International Association for Gnotobiology (president 1981-1984), Association American Cancer Institutions (secretary-treasurer since 1968), American Association Cancer Research, Radiation Research Society, American Society Zoologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association for Cancer Education, Buffalo Academy Medicine, American Society Hematology, International Society Hematology, Public Health Cancer Association American, International Union Against Cancer (chairman United States national committee since 1979, secretary-general 13th International Cancer Congress), Hematology Society, American Society Preventive Oncology, Buffalo History Society (life), Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (life), Sigma Xi.
