Background
London, Irving Myer was born on July 24, 1918 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jacob A. and Rose (Goldstein) London.
London, Irving Myer was born on July 24, 1918 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jacob A. and Rose (Goldstein) London.
Bachelor in Jewish Education, Hebrew College, 1938. AB summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1943.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1966.
Sheldon Traveling fellow Harvard University, 1939—1941, Delamar research fellow medical school, 1940—1941. Intern Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1943, assistant resident, 1946—1947, assistant physician, 1946—1952, associate attending physician, 1954—1955. Rockefeller fellow in medicine College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1946—1947.
Instructor Columbia University, 1947—1949. Associate in medicine College Physical and Surgical, Columbia University, 1949—1951. Assistant professor College Physical and Surgical, Columbia, 1951—1954, associate professor, 1954—1955.
Professor, chairman department medicine Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1955—1970, visiting professor medicine, since 1970. Director medical service Bronx Municipal Center, 1955—1970. Professor biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969—1989, professor emeritus, since 1989.
Visiting professor medicine Harvard Medical School, 1969—1972, professor medicine, 1972—1989, professor emeritus, since 1989. Founding director division health science and technical Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969—1985, professor medicine, since 1972, Grover M. Hermann professor health science and technical, 1977—1989, professor emeritus, since 1989. Director Whitaker College Health Sciences, Technology and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978—1983.
Delta Epsilon lecturer University Colorado, 1962, Harvey lecturer, 61. Jacobaeus lecturer, Stockholm, 64. Visiting scientist Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1962—1963.
Commonwealth Fund fellow, 1962—1963. Alpha Omega Alpha lecturer Yale, Boston University, Columbia, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, University Chicago. Harry L. Alexander visiting professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1968.
Alpha Omega Alpha visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, 1970. Eugene A. Stead Junior visiting lecturer Duke Medical Center, 1970. Consultant to Surgeon General Army of the United States, 1957—1960.
Chairman metabolism study section United States Public Health Service, 1961—1963. Medical fellowship board National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1955—1964. Member board science consultant Sloan Kettering Institute, 1960—1972.
Board science counselors National Heart Institute, 1964—1968. Executive committee Health Research Council, City New York, 1958—1963. Member science advisory council Public Health Research Institute, New York City, 1958—1963.
Member advisory committee to director National Institutes of Health, 1966—1970, national cancer advisory board, 1972—1976. Physician Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1972—1983, senior physician, since 1983. Chairman research group National Commission on Arthritis, 1975—1976.
Chairman advisory committee Division Health Sciences, Institute Medicine, 1979—1982. Member Board Science Counselors, National Institutes of Health and NIADDK, 1979—1983. Board directors, consultant Johnson and Johnson, 1982—1989.
Founder Genetix Pharmaceuticals, 1996. Captain United States Army, 1944-1946.
Associate editor: Journal Clinical Investigation, 1952-1957, member editorial board: American Journal Medicine, 1965-1979.
Board overseers Hebrew College, since 2000. Board directors Philippe Foundation. Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association Advancement Sciences (Theobald Smith award in medical science 1953).
Member: National Academy of Sciences (medical board medicine 1967-1970, founding member Institute Medicine since 1970), Association American Physicians, International Society Hematology, American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Investigation (president 1963-1964), American Society Biological Chemists, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Huguette Piedzicki, February 27, 1955. Children: Robert L.J., David T.