Background
Spitzer, John J. was born on March 9, 1927 in Baja, Hungary. Son of Sigmond and Irene (Roheim) Spitzer. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1957.
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John J. Spitzer
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Student in medicine, U. Budapest, Hungary, 1945-1949; student in medicine, U. Vienna, Austria, 1949-1950; Doctor of Medicine, University Munich, Germany, 1950.
Career
Instructor, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1951-1952; assistant professor physiology, Florida State University, 1952-1954; research scientist, New York State Department Health, Albany, 1954-1957; assistant professor physiology, Hahnemann Medical College, 1957-1958; associate professor, Hahnemann Medical College, 1958-1961; professor, Hahnemann Medical College, 1961-1973; professor, head department physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, since 1973; Boyd professor, Louisiana State University Medical Center, since 1991. Visiting scientist U. Oxford, England, 1963-1964. Burroughs Wellcome visiting professor, 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Physiological Society, American Heart Association (council on basic science), New York.Acad. Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Shock Society (council 1978-1981, president 1988-1989), International Society Heart Research (council American section 1979-1987), Association Chairman Department Physiology (council 1985-1988), International Endotoxin Society (county since 1991).
Connections
Married Judy Aranka Gottfried, June 30, 1951. Children: Peter Gordon, Juliet Irene.
