Background
Löe, Harald was born on July 19, 1926 in Steinkjer, Norway. Son of Haakon and Anna (Bruem) Löe.
Löe, Harald was born on July 19, 1926 in Steinkjer, Norway. Son of Haakon and Anna (Bruem) Löe.
Doctor of Dental Surgery, University Oslo, 1952. Doctor in Odontology, 1961. Degree (honorary), University Gothenburg, 1973.
Degree (honorary), Royal Dental College, Aarhus, 1980. Degree (honorary), University Athens, 1980. Degree (honorary), Catholic University, Leuven, 1980.
Degree (honorary), University Lund, 1983. Degree (honorary), Georgetown University, 1983. Degree (honorary), University Bergen, 1985.
Degree (honorary), University Maryland, 1986. Degree (honorary), Medical University New Jersey, 1987. Degree (honorary), Royal Dental College, Copenhagen, 1988.
Degree (honorary), University Toronto, 1989. Degree (honorary), University Detroit, 1990. Degree (honorary), South Carolina Medical University, 1990.
Degree (honorary), University Helsinki, Finland, 1992. Degree (honorary), Pacific University, 1993. Degree (honorary), University Milan, Italy, 1994.
Instructor School Dentistry, Oslo University, 1952-1955. Research associate Norwegian Institute Dental Research, 1956-1962. Fulbright research fellow, research associate department oral pathology University Illinois, Chicago, 1957-1958.
University research fellow Oslo University, 1959-1962, associate professor department periodontology, 1960-1961. Professor dentistry, chairman department periodontology Royal Dental College, Aarhus, Denmark, 1962-1972, associate dean, dean-elect, 1971-1972. Professor, director Dental Research Institute, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972-1974.
Director National Institute Dental Research National Institute Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland, 1983-1996. Dean, professor periodontology University Connecticut Health Center School Dental Medicine, Farmington, 1974-1982, university professor, 1994-1997. Visiting professor University Bern, Switzerland, 1997—2006.
Visiting professor periodontics Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1966—1967. Honorary professor Medical Sciences University Beijing, 1987. Consultant Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health.
Lecturer in field; With Norwegian Army, 1944-1948.
Member of American Dental Association (Gold medal 1994, Callahan medal 1995, Spenadel medal 1995, University Connecticut medal 2003, Pierre Fauchard medal 2003), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Massachusetts Dental Society (International award), American Society Preventive Dentistry (International award), Scandinavian Association Dental Research, Danish Dental Association, American Academy Periodontology, American College Dentists, Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, International Association Dental Research (president 1980, Basic Research in Periodontology award 1969), International College Dentists, American Association Dental Research (honorary).
Married Inga Johansen, July 3, 1948. Children: Haakon, Marianne.