Background
Andrus, Edwin Cowles was born on February 28, 1896 in Kaatsban, New York, United States. Son of Jonathan Cowles and Margaret (De Witt) Andrus.
Andrus, Edwin Cowles was born on February 28, 1896 in Kaatsban, New York, United States. Son of Jonathan Cowles and Margaret (De Witt) Andrus.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1916, Master of Arts, 1917, honorary Doctor of Science, 1941. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1921.
House officer Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1921-1923. National Research Council fellow in medicine London and Vienna, 1923-1925. Resident physician Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1925-1927.
Associate in medicine Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1926-1931, associate professor, professor, 1931-1961, professor emeritus, 1961-1978, assistant dean medical faculty, 1929-1934.
Physician Johns Hopkins Hospital. Consultant cardiology Walter Reed Army Hospital, 1954-1962.
Assistant to Chairman of Commission medical research Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1942-1944, chief division medicine 1944-1946. Chairman of Commission medical problems in civil aviation National Research Council, 1944-1946, member committee aviation medicine, 1945-1946, subcommittee cardiovascular diseases, 1946-1951.
Special consultant to surgeon general United States Public Health Service, 1946-1951.
Chairman cardiovascular study section National Advisory Heart Council, 1946-1951, member of council, 1953-1962. Senior special consultant National Heart Institute, 1957-1962. Member medical exchange mission to Russia, 1961.
Director 2d National Conference Cardiovascular Disease, 1963.
Board of directors Passano Foundation, 1955-1972.
Member American College of Physicians (master), Inter-American (council 1954-1968, vice president 1960-1968), International (council 1958-1966) cardiological societies, Sociedad Peruana de Cardiologia (honorary), American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, American Society Study Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association (president 1954-1955), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Association American Physicians, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Maryland., American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Elkridge, Fourteen West Hamilton Street (Baltimore).
Married Miriam Jay Wurts, June 10, 1933.