Background
Severinghaus, John Wendell was born on May 6, 1922 in Madison, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Louis and Grace Colby Severinghaus.
Severinghaus, John Wendell was born on May 6, 1922 in Madison, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Louis and Grace Colby Severinghaus.
Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Copenhagen, 1979.
Staff member radiation laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1943—1945. Captain, United States Public Health Service chief anesthesia research National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1953—1958. Professor anesthesiology University California Medical School, San Francisco, 1958—1991, emeritus professor anesthesiology, since 1991.
Chairman Marin Healthcare District Board, Greenbrae, California, 2000—2005.
Married Elinor Ford Peck Severinghaus, August 28, 1948. Children: Edwin Mark, Jean Colby, Ann Wendell, Jeffrey Peck.