Background
Ambrus, Julian L. was born on November 29, 1924 in Budapest, Hungary. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Ambrus.
Ambrus, Julian L. was born on November 29, 1924 in Budapest, Hungary. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Ambrus.
Student, University Budapest, 1942—1947. Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, 1949. Postgraduate, Sorbonne University, 1949—1950.
Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science, Jefferson Medical College, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), Niagara University, 1984.
Research assistant, instructor histology, U. Budapest, 1943-1945;
demonstrator pharmacology, U. Budapest, 1946-1947;
assistant pharmacology, U. Zurich, 1947-1949;
assistant department therapeutic chemistry, virology and tropical medicine, Institute Pasteur, Paris, 1949;
assistant professor, associate professor, professor, Philadelphia College Pharmacology and Science, 1950-1955;
principal cancer research scientist, Roswell Park Memorial Institute and Hospital, 1955-1965;
assistant to the director, Roswell Park Memorial Institute and Hospital, 1961-1965;
director, Springville laboratories, 1965-1975;
director cancer research, head department pathophysiology, Springville laboratories, 1975-1989;
member department medicine, Springville laboratories, 1989-1992;
assistant professor pharmacology, U. Buffalo Medical School, 1955-1961;
associate professor pharmacology, U. Buffalo Medical School, 1961-1965;
professor, U. Buffalo Medical School, 1965-1972;
chairman, Roswell Park division Executive Committee Graduate School, 1955-1965;
associate in internal medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1961-1964;
assistant professor internal medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964-1966;
professor biochemistry pharmacology, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964-1980;
associate professor internal medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1966-1971;
professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1971;
professor, department chairman experimental pathology, Graduate School, 1972-1992;
professor emeritus, since 1992. Attending physician Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Hospital, 1955-1992, professor emeritus Roswell Park Cancer Institute, since 1992. Attending physician BuffaloGen.
Hospital, Erie County Medical Center, Children's Hospital Buffalo, since 1983. Consultant Millard Fillmore Hospital, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, since 1983. Director Institutional Cancer Training Program, United States Public Health Service, 1956-1965.
Member committee Thrombolytic agents United States Public Health Service-National Institutes of Health, 1960-1966. Consultant advising committee on American Medical Association Council Drugs. Blood Coagulation Components, Protein Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bureau Drugs Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, Geneva. Commissioner Lake Erie chapter United States Pony Clubs, member intercollegiate polo committee.
Trustee Calasanctius Preparatory School for Academically Gifted, 1964-1992. Board trustees Elmwood Franklin School, 1967-1979, vice president, 1978-1979. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Nuclear Physicians, American College Angiology, Royal Society Medicine, American College Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association, International College Angiology, American Geriatrics Society, New York Academy of Sciences, International Society Hematology.
Member National Academy of Sciences (foreign member Hungary), American Society Hematology, American Society Pathologists, American Society Nuclear Medicine, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Physiology, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, Federation Clinical Research, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Association American Medical Colleges, Catholic Physicians Guild (president 1985-1986, 93-96), Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, Physiological Society Philadelphia, Radiation Research Society, Buffalo Zoological Society (chairman science committee 1965-1966), Buffalo Academy Medicine (president 1976-1977), Catholic Academy of Sciences (Washington) (pharmacy research committee member 1993-2004, president since 2009).
Married Clara M. Bayer, February 18, 1945. Children: Madeline (Mistress David Lillie), Peter, Julian, Linda (Mistress Edward Broenniman), Steven, Katherine (Mistress Thomas Cheney), Charles.