Gordon Kenneth Moe

Background

Moe, Gordon Kenneth was born on May 30, 1915 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Sylvester and Ellen Mae (Hanson) Moe.

Education

Student, Virginia (Minnesota) Junior College, 1932-1934; Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1937; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1943; Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Syracuse, 1988.

Career

Instructor Physiology, University of Minnesota, 1939-1940; instructor pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 1941-1944; assistant professor pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1944-1946; associate professor, University of Michigan Medical School, 1946-1950; professor physiology, department chairman, College Medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1950-1960; director, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, New York, 1960-1984. Chairman physiological test committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1956-1957. Member World Health Organization (visiting scientists), Israel, Iran, 1951.

Consultant Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Member of advisory council National Heart and Lung Institute.

Achievements

• Gordon Kenneth Moe has been listed as a noteworthy physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section 1958), American College Cardiology (honorary). Member American Physiological Society, New York Society Medical Research, American Heart Association (chairman basic science council 1962-1963, chairman research committee 1959-1960), Mexican Academy Medicine (honorary), Mexican Society Cardiology (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Lodges: Masons (33 degree).

Connections

Married Janet Woodruff Foster, August 6, 1938. Children– Christopher, Melanie, Jonathan, Bruce, Sally, Eric.

Father:

Sylvester Moe

Mother:

Ellen Mae (Hanson) Moe

Spouse:

Janet Woodruff Foster

child:

Christopher Moe

child:

Bruce Moe

child:

Eric Moe

child:

Melanie Moe

child:

Sally Moe

child:

Jonathan Moe