Background
Larsh, Howard William was born on May 20, 1914 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of John Edgar and Margaret (Kays) Larsh.
Larsh, Howard William was born on May 20, 1914 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of John Edgar and Margaret (Kays) Larsh.
Bachelor of Arts, McKendree College, 1936; student mycology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1936-1937; Master of Sciences, University Illinois at Urbana, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois at Urbana, 1941; postgrad medical mycology, Duke U. also U. North Carolina, summer, 1946.
Member faculty, U. Oklahoma, since 1941;
professor medical mycology, U. Oklahoma, 1948-1984;
research professor, U. Oklahoma, 1962-1984;
emeritus, U. Oklahoma, since 1984;
department chairman botany and microbiology, U. Oklahoma, 1966-1976. Consultant in field, since 1950. Director laboratory Missouri State Chest Hospital, 1977-1985.
Mem.Lunar Quarantine Operations Team. Research reviewer immunology and infectiousdiseases committee Veterans Administration Hospital., Oklahoma City, 1972. Adjunct Professor microbiologyRoss School Veterinary Sciences, St. Kitts, West Indies, 1987-1988.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, Oklahoma Academy of Sciences (Scientist of Year 1987), American Academy Microbiology. Member Botan. Society of America,Society American Bacteriologists, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, International Society Human and Animal Mycology (editor-in-chief Journal 1975-1979), Reticuloendothelial Society, Southwestern Association Clinical Microbiologists (president 1982-1984, Distinguished Service award 1990), Medical Mycology Society Americans (president 1973-1974), McKendree College Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Lambda Tau.
Married Georgia Lee Thomson, September 4, 1938. 1 son, Jonathan Thomson.