Joseph Thomas August

Background

August, Joseph Thomas was born on September 19, 1927 in Whittier, California, United States.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1955.

Career

Resident house physician, Royal Infirmary, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1955-1956; assistant medical resident, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1956-1957; research fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1959; assistant professor medicine, Stanford (California) U., 1959-1961; associate professor medicine, New York University School Medicine, New York City, 1961-1963; professor, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1963-1976; chairman, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1972-1976; professor, director pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1976. Board of managers Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, 1984-1991, chairman science advising committee, 1986-1991.

Achievements

• Joseph Thomas August has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Chemical Society, Protein Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Association Cancer Research, Controlled Release Society.

Connections

M. Jean Nordstrom, 1951. Children: Christina E., Paul N., Steven T.

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Paul N. August

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Christina E. August

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Steven T. August