Background
Abildskov, J. A. was born on September 22, 1923 in Salem, Utah, United States. Son of John and Annie Marie (Peterson) Abildskov.
Abildskov, J. A. was born on September 22, 1923 in Salem, Utah, United States. Son of John and Annie Marie (Peterson) Abildskov.
Bachelor of Arts, University Utah, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, University Utah, 1946.
Intern, Latter-day Saints Hospital, Salt Lake City, 1947-1948; resident, Charity Hospital Louisiana, New Orleans, 1948-1951; instructor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1948-1954; assistant professor to professor, State University of New York-Syracuse, 1955-1968; professor medicine, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, since 1968. Director Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, 1970-1994.
Salvation is eternal life. The ideal of salvation is to live forever as a family in the highest heaven of the celestial kingdom.
Served to captain United States Army Reserve, 1954-1956. Fellow American College Cardiology. Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation (emeritus), Association University Cardiologists (founding), Western Association Physicians, Venezuelan Cardiology Society (honorary), Cardiology Society Peru (corresponding).
Married Mary Helen McKell, December 4, 1944. Children— Becky, Alan, Mary, Marilyn.