Background
Crabbé, Jean was born on August 12, 1927 in Brussels. Son of François and Simone (Doutreligne) Crabbé.
Physiology and medicine educator
Crabbé, Jean was born on August 12, 1927 in Brussels. Son of François and Simone (Doutreligne) Crabbé.
Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Catholic U. Louvain, Belgium, 1951; Doctor of Science, Catholic U. Louvain, Belgium, 1962.
Guest assistant department medicine, U. Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, 1951-1952;
research assistant department medicine, U. Hospital Louvain, 1952-1954;
clinical and research fellow, U. Hospital, Geneva, 1954-1955;
assistant in medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1955-1958;
intern in medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1958-1959;
clinical and research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1959-1960;
assistant department medicine, University Clinics, Louvain, 1961-1962;
consultant physician in endocrinology, University Clinics, Louvain and Brussels, 1964-1994;
member of faculty department physiology, Catholic U. Louvain, 1966-1967;
associate professor medicine and physiology, Catholic U. Louvain, 1967-1972;
professor, Catholic U. Louvain, 1972-1992;
professor emeritus, Catholic U. Louvain, since 1992. Visiting professor Facultés Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium, 1968, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1974, Pahlavi Medical School, Shiraz, Iran, 1978, Catholic U. Córdoba, Argentina, 1980. American Heart Association vis.scientist U. Kansas Medical Center, 1968.
Honorary professor National U. Tucumán, Argentina, 1980. Official guest Venezuelan Institute Science Investigation, Caracas, 1970, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1981, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1986, 89;board directors Cercle Alumni Fond. U., Belgium, 1974-1978, 97-.
With Belgian Army, 1952-1954. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), New York Academy Sciences (life), Belgian Endocrine Society (general secretary 1977-1988, president 1991-1993), Belgian Academy Medicine (honorary), Belgian Society Internal Medicine, Belgian Society Physiology, Belgian Society Gastroenterology (honorary), European Federation Endocrine Socs. (member Executive Committee 1985-1990), Association Physiologistes, French Society Endocrinology.
Married Marie De Guchteneere, August 10, 1954. Children: Isabelle and François (twins), Christine, Bruno, Nicolas.
