Background
Brooks, Frank Pickering was born on January 2, 1920 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Frank Edwin and Florence Isabel (Towle) Brooks.
Brooks, Frank Pickering was born on January 2, 1920 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Frank Edwin and Florence Isabel (Towle) Brooks.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1943. Doctor of Science in Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1951.
Doctor Honoris Causa, University Aix-Marseille, 1987.
Intern, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1944;
resident, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1944-1946;
United States Public Health Service research fellow, Jefferson Medical College, 1951-1952;
instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1953;
assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1954-1960;
associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1960-1970;
professor medicine and physiology, University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1990;
professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, 1990-1991;
chief gastrointestinal section, University of Pennsylvania, 1972-1975;
acting chief, University of Pennsylvania, 1986-1989. Senior lecturer in physiology U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1955-1956. Research associate Veterans Administration Center, Los Angeles, 1966-1967.
Member National Commision on Digestive Diseases, 1977-1979. Member of council NIADDK, 1983-1986. Member career awards committee VA, 1983-1987.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1948. Member American Gastroenterological Association (president-elect 1979-1980, president 1980-1981, Friedenwald medal 1988), American Physiological Society (chairman gastrointestinal section 1966), British Society Gastroenterology (honorary), American Pancreatic Association (president 1980-1981), American Clinical Climatological Association (vice president 1984), Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary), Belgian Society Gastroenterological Association (Broheé medal 1985). Clubs: Union League Philadelphia.
Married Emily Elizabeth Marden, July 5, 1942. Children: William Bradley, Sally Elizabeth, Robert Pickering.