Kao Hwang

Background

Hwang, Kao was born on April 3, 1916 in Changsha, Hunan, China. Son of Hung Hsi and Tsung Su (Hsu) Hwang.

Education

Cameto United States, 1945, naturalized, 1957. Son of Hung Hsi and Tsung Su (Hsu) H.;m. Sheila Ning-Tso Chen, July 17, 1948.

Doctor of Medicine, Hunan Yale Medical College, Kweiyang, China, 1940;Master of Science, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1947, Doctor of Philosophy, 1953.

School physician and member facultyHunan Yale Medical College, 1940-1945. Instructor National Tsing-Hua University, 1945.

Research assistant Mayo Foundation, 1945-1946. Faculty University of Illinois Medical School, 1946-1961, assistant professor department clinical science, 1958-1961.

Senior pharmacologist Abbott laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, 1950-1967, group leader, 1957-1961, section head, 1961-1973, department pharmacology research fellow, 1972-1975, science coordinator division pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, senior investigator, 1976-1979.

Adjunct associate professor pharmacology U. Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, 1979-1985, now retired.

Career

School physician and member faculty Hunan Yale Medical College, 1940—1945. Research assistant Mayo Foundation, 1945—1946. Faculty University Illinois Medical School, 1946—1961.

Senior pharmacologist Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, 1950—1967. Group leader, 1957—1961. Section head, 1961—1973.

Department pharmacology research fellow, 1972—1975. Science coordinator division pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, senior investigator, 1976—1979. Adjunct associate professor pharmacology University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, 1979—1985.

Achievements

• Kao Hwang has been listed as a noteworthy pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Microbiology, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Society Nephrology, American Gastroenterol. Association, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sheila Ning-Tso Chen, July 17, 1948. Children: Leila, Miriam, Catherine, Jason Kao.

Father:

Hung Hsi Hwang

Mother:

Tsung Su (Hsu) Hwang

Spouse:

Sheila Ning-Tso Chen

child:

Miriam Hwang

child:

Jason Kao Hwang

child:

Leila Hwang

child:

Catherine Hwang