Background
Falkner, Frank Tardrew was born on October 27, 1918 in Hale, England. Arrived in the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1963. Son of Ernest and Ethel (Letten) Falkner.
Falkner, Frank Tardrew was born on October 27, 1918 in Hale, England. Arrived in the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1963. Son of Ernest and Ethel (Letten) Falkner.
Doctor of Medicine, Cambridge University, 1945.
Intern, London Hospital, 1945; resident, Guys Hospital, London, 1947-1948; resident, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, 1948-1950; practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, United Kingdom and Paris, 1948-1956; practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, Louisville, 1956-1970; practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1971-1979; department chairman pediatrics, U. Louisville, 1963-1970; director, Fels Research Institute, Yellow Springs, 1971-1979; Fels professor pediatrics, professor obstetrics and gynecology, U. Cincinnati College Medicine, 1971-1979; professor child and family health, University of Michigan, 1979-1981; professor and chairman maternal and child health, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-1989; professor pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 1981-1989; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1989.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics, Royal College Physicians, Royal College Pediat. and Child Health. Member NAS (senior member Institute Medicine), American Pediatric Society, Société Francaise de Pédiatrie.
Married June Dixon, January 1948. 2 children.