Ernst Friedrich Lüscher

Background

Lüscher, Ernst Friedrich was born on September 15, 1916 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Ernst and Bertha (Stauffer) Lüscher.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bern, 1946. D. Honoris Causa, University Paris VII, 1979.

Career

Research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1949-1951; senior research fellow, U. Bern, 1952-1956; associate professor biochemistry Medical School, U. Bern, 1961-1969; full professor biochemistry Medical School Sciences, U. Bern, 1969-1985; professor emeritus, U. Bern, since 1985; head research department, Control Blood Transfusion Laboratory, Bern, 1957-1960; visiting professor department pathology, University of Chicago, 1969; director, Theodor Kocher Research Institute, Bern, 1971-1985. President county Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern, 1975-1979, Roche Research Foundation, Basel, Switzerland, 1973-1992. Member Executive Committee European Thrombosis Research Organisation, since 1973.

Swiss representative biomedical research program European Communities, Brussels, 1985-1991.

Achievements

• Ernst Friedrich Lüscher has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemistry researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Austrian Academy of Sciences (correspondent), Swiss Academy Medical Sciences (honorary), International Society Hematology, Swiss Society on Allergology and Immunology (honorary), Swiss Society Hematology (honorary), European Society Cardiology (member nucleus working party on thrombosis, chairman 1980-1984), European Thrombosis Research Organization (honorary, president 1976-1979).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, drawing.

Connections

Married Madeleine Mattlí, October 9, 1948 (divorced October 1969). Children: Immanuel, Bettina, Marianne, Barbara.

Father:

Ernst Lüscher

Mother:

Bertha (Stauffer) Lüscher

Spouse:

Madeleine Mattlí

child:

Barbara Lüscher

child:

Marianne Lüscher

child:

Immanuel Lüscher

child:

Bettina Lüscher