Background
Burchell, Howard Bertram was born on November 28, 1907 in Athens, Ontario, Canada. Son of James Edward and Edith (Milligan) Burchell.
Burchell, Howard Bertram was born on November 28, 1907 in Athens, Ontario, Canada. Son of James Edward and Edith (Milligan) Burchell.
Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, Canada, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy., University Minnesota, 1939.
Intern, Toronto General Hospital, 1932-1934; research fellow, U. Pittsburgh, 1934-1936; fellow in medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1936-1939; consultant in medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1946-1968; special student, London Hospital, 1939-1940; professor medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1968-1985; professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1985. Member of advisory committee United States Army Air Force, 1947-1940, National Heart Council, National Institutes of Health, 1955-1960. Lectr.U.S., Canada, The Netherlands, Israel.
Major United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946. Fellow American College Cardiology (master teacher 1969, 74). Member American Heart Association (Herrick award 1972), Association American Physicians, American Physiological Society.
Married Margaret Helmholz, August 14, 1942. Children: Susan Burchell Profeta, Judith Burchell Bush, Cynthia Burchell Patterson, Rebecca Burchell Wilbur.