Background
Price, James Melford was born on April 3, 1921 in Onalaska, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Carl Robert and Hazel (Halderson) Price.
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James Melford Price
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Children: Shirley South. Bunn, Cindy South. Davis, Irene South. McCumber. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, University of Wisconsin, 1943, Master of Science in Biochemistry, 1944, Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, 1949, Doctor of Medicine, 1951. Diplomate American Board Clinical Nutrition.
Career
General Hospital, 1951-1952. President RADAC Group, Incorporated., 1982-1990, Biogest Products, Incorporated., 1984-1988.
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Membership
Member of faculty University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1952, professor clinical oncology, 1959, American Cancer Society-Charles South. Hayden Foundation professor surgery in cancer research, 1957. Member metabolism study section National Institutes of Health 1959-1962, pathology B study section, 1964-1968. Member Drug Research Board National Academy Sciences/National Research Council.
Board of directors Grandview College, Des Moines, 1977-1978.Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945.
Fellow American College Nutrition, Royal Society Medicine London. Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Association Cancer Research, American Cancer Society (committee etiology 1957-1961), Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (chairman research and development section 1974-1975), American Society Biological Chemists, American Institute Nutrition, American Society Clinical Nutrition, Research Directors
Association Chicago, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Toxicology. Special research trytophan metabolism, metabolism vitamin B complex, chemical carcinogenesis.
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Married Ethelyn Doreen Lee, October 23, 1943 (divorced). Married Charlotte East. Schwenk, September 27, 1986. Children: Alta Lee, Jean Marie, Veda Michele.
