Background
Spitznagel, John Keith was born on April 11, 1923 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Elmer Florian and Anna S. (Kolb) Spitznagel.
immunologist microbiologist physician
Spitznagel, John Keith was born on April 11, 1923 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Elmer Florian and Anna S. (Kolb) Spitznagel.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1946.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1946-1947. Resident in internal medicine Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1949-1951. Visiting investigator Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1952-1953, National Institute Medical Research, London, 1967-1968.
Member faculty University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1957-1979, professor microbiology and infectious diseases, professor medicine, 1957-1979. Consultant North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1974-1979. Ad hoc adviser National Institutes of Health, since 1971.
Professor microbiology and immunology, chairman department Emory University, Atlanta, 1979-1993, professor emeritus microbiology and immunology, since 1993, associate dean research, 1997-1998. Attending physician, volunteer and co-founder Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, Jasper, since 2001, chairman executive board, Chief Executive Officer, 2004—2006. Member study section bacteriology and mycology National Institutes of Health, 1975-1979, 85-89, chairman, 1977-1979.
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1947-1957. Fellow American College of Physicians, Infectious Disease Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), American Society Microbiology (division group councilor 1977-1979), American Association Immunologists, Reticuloendothelial Society (president 1982), Infectious Disease Society, Southern Society Clinical Research, Association American Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairman (president 1990-1991), Sigma Xi.
Married Anne Moulton Sirch, February 2, 1947. Children: John, Jean, Margaret, Elizabeth, Paul.