Background
Rusch, Harold Paul was born on July 15, 1908 in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Henry Albert and Olga (Brandenburg) Rusch.
Rusch, Harold Paul was born on July 15, 1908 in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Henry Albert and Olga (Brandenburg) Rusch.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1931; Doctor of Medicine, University Wisconsin, 1933.
Intern, Wisconsin Gen Hospital, Madison, 1933-1934;
instructor department physiology, University of Wisconsin, 1934-1935;
assistant professor oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1941-1943;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1943-1945;
professor, University of Wisconsin, 1945-1979;
professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, 1979-1988;
head department cancer research, University of Wisconsin, 1940-1946;
director, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1972;
director, Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, 1972-1978. Member national cancer committee National Research Council, 1954-1958, commission on growth, 1949-1953. Researchadv. council American Cancer Society, 1962-1965, board directors, 1965-1988, Executive Committee, 1970-1974, national award, 1972, honorary life member, 1974.
Member National Advisory Cancer Council, 1954-1958, National Cancer Advisory Board, 1972-1974. Member of commission on cancer research International Union Against Cancer, 1954-1958. Member President'sCom. on Heart Disease and Cancer, 1961, United States Senate Committee Consultantson Cancer, 1970.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Cancer Research (president 1953-1954), Association American Cancer Institutions (president 1972-1974), American Society Experimental Pathology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Madison Geological Society (president 1946-1947), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary), Phi Kappa Phi (Papanicolaou award 1981).
Married Lenore Robinson, August 6, 1940 (deceased 1978). Children: Carolyn Elizabeth, Judith Ann (deceased 1976). Married Louise Van Wart, October 20, 1979.