John Leslie Stephenson

Background

Stephenson, John Leslie was born on December 4, 1921 in Farmington, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Lindsley and Dorris Elizabeth (Wilkins) Stephenson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1943; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, 1949.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow to research associate, University of Chicago, 1950-1954; senior assistant surgeon to surgeon, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1954-1960; senior surgeon, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1963; medical director, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1963-1984; chairperson, mathematics faculty graduate program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1965-1975; chief section on theoretical biophysics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1973-1984; visiting professor institute for fluid dynamics and applied mathematics, U. Maryland., College Park professor biomathematics in physiology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, since 1984.

Achievements

• John Leslie Stephenson has been listed as a noteworthy Biomathematics and physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow New York Academy Sciences. Member Society Mathematics Biology, American Physical Society, Biophysics Society, American Society Nephrology, American Physiological Society, Society of General Physiologists, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Weiss, December 23, 1946. Children: Dale, Michael, David.

Father:

Charles Lindsley Stephenson

Mother:

Dorris Elizabeth (Wilkins) Stephenson

Spouse:

Elizabeth Weiss

child:

Dale Stephenson

child:

David Stephenson

child:

Michael Stephenson