John Louis Sever

Background

Sever, John Louis was born on April 11, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Louis and Harriet (Link) Sever.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1957; Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1957.

Career

Head section infectious diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1971; chief infectious diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1971-1988; chairman pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, 1988-1990; professor pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology. and microbiology/immunology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, since 1988. President Pan American Society Rapid Viral Diseases, Western Hemisphere, 1992-1994.

Achievements

• John Louis Sever has been listed as a noteworthy Medical researcher and educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Cons. National Institutes of Health Bethesda, since 1988, Rotary International, Evanston, Illinois, since 1989, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1991. Captain United States Public Health Service, 1960-1988. Member Infectious Disease Society of Ob-Gyn.

(president 1994-1996), Association Medical Clinical and Laboratory Immunologists (president 1992-1994), Teratology Society (president 1976-1977), Association Medical Laboratory Immunologists (president 1994-1995, Erwin Witer award 1997), Country Glen Club.

Connections

Married Gerane Werle, March 3, 1956. Children: Kimberly, Beverly, Valerie.

Father:

John Louis Sever

Mother:

Harriet (Link) Sever

Spouse:

Gerane Werle

child:

Valerie Sever

child:

Kimberly Sever

child:

Beverly Sever