Background
Mandel, Harold George was born on June 6, 1924 in Berlin. Son of Ernest A. and Else (Crail) Mandel. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1944.
Mandel, Harold George was born on June 6, 1924 in Berlin. Son of Ernest A. and Else (Crail) Mandel. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1944.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1949.
Laboratory instructor in chemistry Yale University, 1942-1944, 47-49. Research associate department pharmacology George Washington University School Medicine and Health Sciences, 1949-1950, assistant research professor, 1950-1952, associate professor pharmacology, 1952-1958, professor, 1958—2010, chairman department pharmacology, 1960-1996, chairman department pharmacology & physiology, 2000—2010, emeritus professor, since 2010. Advanced Commonwealth Fund fellow Molteno Institute Cambridge (England) University, 1956.
Commonwealth Fund fellow University Auckland (New Zealand) and University Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, 1964. American Cancer Society Eleanor Roosevelt International fellow Chester Beatty Research Institute London, 1970-1971. American Cancer Society scholar University California, San Francisco, 1978-1979.
Fellow Medical Research Council toxicology unit, Carshalton, England, 1986. Burroughs Wellcome Research travel grant, Carshalton, 1988. Honorary research fellow department biochemistry and molecular biology University College, London, 1993, 96, 97.
Member committee problems drug safety National Research Council-NAS, 1965-1976, member committee on toxicology, 1978-1982, member various panels, 1981-1986. Member cancer chemotherapy committee International Union Against Cancer, 1966-1973, fellow, Lyon, France, 1989. Member external review committee Howard University Cancer Research Center, 1972-1974.
Consultant Bureau Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, 1975-1979, Environmental Protection Agency, 1978-1982. Member toxicology advisory committee Food and Drug Administration, 1975-1978. Member medical research service merit review board in alcoholism and drug dependence VA, 1975-1978.
Member cancer special program advisory committee National Cancer Institute, 1974-1978, chairman, 1976-1978. Member National Large Bowel Cancer Project Working Cadre, 1980-1984. Member Kettering award selection committee General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1979-1981.
Board advisors Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1972-1974.
Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (president 1973-1974), American Association Cancer Research, Association Medical School Pharmacology Chairs (president 1976-1978), National Caucus of Basic biomedical Science Chairs (chairman 1991-2010), Citizens Public Research and Education Funding (secretary 1996-1999), Cosmos Club (Washington), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Marianne Klein, July 25, 1953. Children: Marcia Mandel Halgren, Audrey Lynn Todd.