Background
Berger, Frank Milan was born on June 25, 1913 in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Son of Otto and Martha (Weigner) Berger. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953.
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Berger, Frank Milan was born on June 25, 1913 in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Son of Otto and Martha (Weigner) Berger. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953.
Doctor of Medicine, University Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937. Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, 1948. Honorary Doctor of Science, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 1966.
Research fellow physiology University Prague, 1934-1936, research assistant bacteriology, 1936-1938. Bacteriologist Czechoslovak State Institute Health, 1938-1939. Senior resident Monsall Hospital Infectious Diseases, Manchester, England, 1941-1943.
Chief pharmacologist British Drug Houses, London, 1945-1947. Assistant professor pediatrics University Rochester, 1947-1949. Director research Carter-Wallace Inc., 1949-1955, vice president, 1955-1958.
President Wallace Laboratories division Carter-Wallace Inc., Cranbury, New Jersey, 1958-1973. Member advisory council department biology Princeton University, 1961-1974, lecturer, professor, 1969-1974. Member science advisory committee Waksman Institute Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1960-1967.
Consultant Surgeon General, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1974-1980. President Mario Negri Institute Foundation for biomedical Research, Inc., 1973—2008. Professor psychiatry University Louisville Medical School, 1974-1990.
Honorary professor microbiology Waksman Institute Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1982. Chairman Ad Hoc Study Group on Clinical and Preclin. Pharmacology, 1977-1980.
Fellow New York Academy Sciences, American College Neuropsychopharmacology, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Medical Association, American Association of University Professors, American Pharmaceutical Society, British Pharmaceutical Society, Canada Pharmaceutical Society, American Bacteriol. Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Chemical Society, Biometric Society, Cosmos Club (Washington), Princeton Club (New York City), New York Athletic Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Bozena Jahodova, March 15, 1939 (deceased November 1972). Children: Franklin Milan, Thomas Jan. Married A. Christine Spade, May 21, 1975.