Joseph Marie Lauweryns

Background

Lauweryns, Joseph Marie was born on February 27, 1933 in Ostend, Belgium. Son of Joseph Gerard and Jeanne Marie (Ampe) Lauweryns.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Catholic U. Louvain, 1958, Doctor of Philosophy, 1962. Doctorate honoris causa, U. Antwerp, 1990. Specialist in clinical pathology,1963.

Career

Member faculty Catholic U. Leuven Faculty Medicine, 1962, professor pathology, 1967, department chairman biomedical research, 1979-1993, head department pathology and histology Vesalius Institute, 1963. Director laboratory pathology Academy Ziekenhuizen, Leuven, 1963.

Achievements

• Joseph Marie Lauweryns has been listed as a noteworthy pathologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member faculty Catholic U. Leuven Faculty Medicine, 1962, professor pathology, 1967, department chairman biomedical research, 1979-1993, head department pathology and histology Vesalius Institute, 1963. Member Belgian Society Pathology (president 1975-1976), Belgian Society Electron Microscopy (president 1978), Association Belgian Science Societies (director), Royal Belgian Academy Medicine (prize 1970), International Academy Pathology, European Society Pathology, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Anne Van Campenhout, February 11, 1961. Children: Brigitte, Philippe, Isabelle, Benedicte.

Father:

Joseph Gerard Lauweryns

Mother:

Jeanne Marie (Ampe) Lauweryns

Spouse:

Anne Van Campenhout

child:

Isabelle Lauweryns

child:

Benedicte Lauweryns

child:

Philippe Lauweryns

child:

Brigitte Lauweryns