Henry Gunnar Kølmark

Background

Kølmark, Henry Gunnar was born on May 30, 1914 in Horbelev, Falster, Denmark. Son of Rasmus and Marie Cecilie (Andersen) Rasmussen.

Education

Master of Science in Biochemistry, University Copenhagen, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, University Uppsala, Sweden, 1969.

Career

Research scientist, U. Copenhagen, 1948-1952; research scientist, U. Copenhagen, 1954-1957; research scientist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1952-1954; research scientist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National laboratories, 1957-1960; research scientist, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1961-1963; research scientist, U. Liverpool, England, 1963-1964; lecturer, U. Uppsala, 1969-1980; research scientist, U. Uppsala, since 1964.

Achievements

• Henry Gunnar Kølmark has been listed as a noteworthy geneticist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Danish Infantry, 1935-1936. Member Nordic Genetics Society, Swedish Microbiol. Society, Uppsala Mycological Society, Uppsala Society of Philosophy and Special Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, skiing, ice-skating, photography.

Connections

Father:

Rasmus Rasmussen

Mother:

Marie Cecilie (Andersen) Rasmussen