Herbert Roy Morgan

Background

Morgan, Herbert Roy was born on June 19, 1914 in St. Paul. Son of Frank W. and Grace L. (Peake) Morgan.

Education

Student, California Institute of Technology, 1934. AB with highest honors, University California at Los Angeles, 1936. Master of Arts, University California at Los Angeles, 1938.

Taussig travelling fellow, 1938. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Harvard, 1942.

Career

Member faculty, University of California, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School Public Health, University of Michigan, 1948-1950; professor microbiology associate professor medicine, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1950-1979; head department microbiology, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1950-1968; director independent studies program in medicine, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1972-1979; professor oncology, U. Rochester Cancer Center, 1974-1979; medical officer, Food and Drug Administration, 1979-1984. Director Rochester Health Bureau laboratories, 1950-1959. Consultant Spanish Ministry Health, 1956.

Director microbiology laboratories Monroe County Health Department, 1958-1968. Director bacteriological laboratories Strong Memorial Hospital, 1950-1968. Consultant to surgeon general, Spain, 1956.

Visiting professor virology U. Oslo Faculty Medicine. Also adviser virology Government Norway, 1959-1960. Visiting professor Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Washington, since 1979.

Guest investigator Naval Medical Research Institute, since 1980. Member United States of America-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Exchange Group on Tumor Virology, 1967. Visiting investigator, Commonwealth professorial fellowInst.

Cancer Research, Paris, 1967-1968. Visiting professor Ministry Defense Hospitals, Saudi Arabia, 1981. Consultant Polish Ministry of Health, 1977.

Consultant several organizations and hospitals. Member American Board Medical Microbiology, 1970-1973. Member of advisory panel microbiology Office Naval Research, 1952-1960.

Test com.for bacteriology National Board Medical Examiners, 1959-1963. Member virology andrickettsiology study section National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963. Member microbiology training com.USPHS, 1964-1968.

Consultant World Health Organization, since 1956, National Cancer Institute, 1962, 68-76;member committee research on etiology cancer American Cancer Society, 1965-1971, mem.com. on virology and cell biology, tumor virology, 1967, member institutional grant committee, 1972-1976.

Achievements

• Herbert Roy Morgan has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Host-Parasite Relationship and the Yersinia Model (Springer Series in Molecular and Cell Biology)

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Membership

Chairman medical advising committee Planned Parenthood, Monroe County, 1967-1972. Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Assigned United States of America Typhus Commission 1945-1946.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (Executive Committee medical science section), American Society Microbiology (chairman medical section 1961-1962), American Association Immunology (certifying committee 1970-1973), numerous other professional associations, honorary societies, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Cynthia Alice Walser, June 12, 1948. Children— Stephanie Grace, Margaret Ann, Susan Aline.

Father:

Frank W. Morgan

Mother:

Grace L. (Peake) Morgan

Spouse:

Cynthia Alice Walser

child:

Susan Aline Morgan

child:

Stephanie Grace Morgan

child:

Margaret Ann Morgan