Background
Frenkel, Jacob Karl was born on February 16, 1921 in Darmstadt, Hessia, Germany. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Karl and Anna Maria (Kaufmann) Frenkel.
consultant physician researcher
Frenkel, Jacob Karl was born on February 16, 1921 in Darmstadt, Hessia, Germany. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Karl and Anna Maria (Kaufmann) Frenkel.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1946.
Research assistant protozoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1940-1942;
teaching assistant microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, 1942-1943;
intern, clinical assistant pathology, University of California, Berkeley, 1946-1948;
pathologist, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana, 1948-1950;
senior assistant surgeon, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1950-1951;
instructor, resident in School Medicine, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1951-1952;
from assistant professor to professor pathology, U. Kansas, Kansas City, 1952-1991;
professor emeritus, U. Kansas, Kansas City, since 1991. Adjunct Professor biology U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 1991. Consultant medicine and pathology, since 1991.
Member of advisory committee Registry of Comparative Pathology, Washington, 1983-1989. Visiting professor Medellin, Colombia, Lima, Peru, San Jose, Costa Rica. Honorary professor of University San Jose, Costa Rica, U. Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
With United States Army, 1943-1946, surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1948-1952, medical director research. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Tropical Medical Hygiene (councillor, president 1981-1988), American Society Parasitologists (councillor 1984-1988), American Society Pathologists, Infectious Diseases Society, International Academy Pathology, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher., among others.
Married Rebecca Lou Reese, September 4, 1954. Children: Lisa Maria, Linda Dawn, Carl David.