John Franklin Van Pilsum

Background

Pilsum, John Franklin Van was born on January 28, 1922 in Prairie City, Iowa, United States. Son of John Peter and Vera Elisabeth (Moore) Van Pilsum.

Education

Bachelor of Science, State University Iowa, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, State University Iowa, 1949.

Career

Instructor, Long Island College Medicine, Brooklyn, 1949-1951; assistant professor college medicine, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1951-1954; assistant professor biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1954-1963; associate professor biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963-1971; professor biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971-1994; professor biochemistry emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1994.

Achievements

• John Franklin Van Pilsum has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Institute Nutrition, Histochem.

Connections

Married Shirley Elaine Newsom, October 14, 1958. Children: John Robert, Patricia Mona, Barbara Joyce, Mary Ann, Elizabeth Joan, William Franklin.

Father:

John Peter Pilsum

Mother:

Vera Elisabeth (Moore) Van Pilsum

Spouse:

Shirley Elaine Newsom

child:

Barbara Joyce Pilsum

child:

Mary Ann Pilsum

child:

William Franklin Pilsum

child:

Patricia Mona Pilsum

child:

John Robert Pilsum

child:

Elizabeth Joan Pilsum