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HIGGINSON, John was born on October 16, 1922 in Belfast, N. Ireland. Son of William Higginson and Ellen Margaret Rogers.
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JOHN HIGGINSON
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JOHN HIGGINSON, Diplomat, Official. Director, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 70; Honorary Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland; Lewis & Hubbard Professorship, University of Kansas, 60-66. American Association for Advancement of Sei; American Association for Cancer Research; American Association of Pathologists & Bacteriologists; American Society of Experimental Patholgy; Society of Pathology & Bacteriology, United Kingdom; Society of Toxicology.
Education
University of Dublin, 1940-1946, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Obstetrics, 1961, Doctor of Medicine Geographical Pathology. Spoken languages: English, French.
Career
Professor, of Pathology and Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center 1958-1962. American Cancer Society Career Professorship, University of Kansas 1961-1966. Professor, of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center 66.
Director Institute Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyons, France 1966-1982.
Senior Consultant Scientist, Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology Incorporated. 1982-1984; Research Professor University North Carolina since 1982.
Visiting Professor University Maryland 1983-1985. Professor, of Community and Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center.
Honorary Fellow Royal Academy, of Medicine in Ireland, Fellow, Royal College, of Physicians, London, et cetera
Membership
American Association for Advancement of Sei. American Association for Cancer Research. American Association of Pathologists & Bacteriologists.
American Society of Experimental Patholgy. Society of Pathology & Bacteriology, United Kingdom. Society of Toxicology.
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Married Nan Russell McKee in 1949.
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American
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Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1970. Honorary Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland. Lewis & Hubbard Professorship, University of Kansas, 1960-1966.Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1970. Honorary Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland. Lewis & Hubbard Professorship, University of Kansas, 1960-1966.