Background
Borowitz, Joseph Leo was born on December 19, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Borowitz, Joseph Leo was born on December 19, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Ohio State University, 1955; Master of Science in Pharmacology, Purdue University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (National Institutes of Health fellow), Northwestern University, 1960.
Postdoctoral fellow department pharmacology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1963-1964; instructor, then assistant professor pharmacology, Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1964-1969; associate professor pharmacology and toxicology, Purdue University, 1969-1974; professor, Purdue University, since 1974; sabbatical leave, to Cambridge, England, 1976; sabbatical leave, to Basel, Switzerland, 1984.
Treasurer Tippecanoe County (Indiana) Comprehensive Health Planning Council, 1971-1976. Captain United States Army Reserve, 1960. Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Rho Chi.
Son of Joseph Peter and Anna Louise (Grundei) B. Divorced, 1985; children: Jon Joseph, Peter Joseph, Lynn Anne.