Background
Taylor, Henry Longstreet was born on February 2, 1912 in Saint Paul. Son of Henry Longstreet and Ethelberta (Geer) Taylor.
Taylor, Henry Longstreet was born on February 2, 1912 in Saint Paul. Son of Henry Longstreet and Ethelberta (Geer) Taylor.
Postgraduate, Medical School, 1935-1937. Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, University of Minnesota, 1942. Staff Laboratory Physiological Hygiene, University of Minnesota School Public Health, 1942-1944, assistant professor, 1944-1949, associate professor, 1949-1956, professor, 1956-1983, acting director, 1951-1952, 63-64, field work in nutrition, physical activity, coronary heart disease, Italy, 1955-1970.
Consultant research committee International Cardiol.
Society, 1963-1965; chairman steering committee National Cooperative Study Feasibility of Exercise in Trials of Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, 1965-1970. Company-principal investigator Minneapolis unit Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, 1972-1977.
Member epidemiology committee Lipid Research Clinics.
Member American Heart Association (Executive Committee council epidemiology 1964-1965), American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Gerontological Society, American Statistical Society, American College Sports Medicine (Honor award 1980), International Cardiol. Society, American Public Health Association.
Married Catherine Morton Elliott, March 21, 1941. Children: David H., James F., Geoffrey East. Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1935.