Background
PAPPENHEIMER, John was born on October 25, 1915 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Alwin M. and Beatrice L. Pappenheimer.
PAPPENHEIMER, John was born on October 25, 1915 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Alwin M. and Beatrice L. Pappenheimer.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1940.
Demonstrator pharmacology University College, London, 1939-1940. Research fellow physiology Columbia Medical School, 1940-1941, instructor, 1941-1942. Fellow biophysics Johnson Found Medical Research, University Pennsylvania, 1942-1945.
Associate physiology Harvard Medical School, 1946-1949, assistant professor, 1949-1953, visiting professor, 1953-1969, Higginson professor physiology, 1969-1982, professor emeritus, from 1982. Career investigator American Heart Association, since 1953.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Physiological Society (president 1964-1965), National Academy of Sciences, Society General Physiology, British Physiological Society (honorary, Bayliss-Starling lecturer 1981), Harvey Society, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary).
Married Helena Gilder Palmer, September 2, 1949. Children: Glenn Alwin (deceased), William DeKay, Rosamond Gilder, Frank Richard.