Karl Henry Beyer

Background

Beyer, Karl Henry was born on June 19, 1914 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States. Son of Karl H. and Lennie M. (Beadles) Beyer.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Western Kentucky State College, 1935; the Master of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1940; Doctor of Medicine, University Wisconsin, 1943; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1972.

Career

Assistant director pharmacology research, Sharp & Dohme, 1943-1944; director pharmacology research, Sharp & Dohme, 1944-1950; assistant director research, Sharp & Dohme, 1950-1956; director, Merck Institute Therapeutic Research, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1956-1958; president, Merck Institute Therapeutic Research, 1961-1966; vice president life science, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Research laboratories, West Point, 1958-1966; senior vice president research, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Research laboratories, 1966-1973. Visiting professor, guest lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1958, Swedish U. Medical Schools, 1962, Howard U., 1964, Free U. Berlin, 1966. Visiting professor Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, since 1973, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1973-1979, Harvard University School Medicine, 1985-1989.

Chairman Cosmetic Ingredient Review, 1976-1986. Board science advisers Merck Institute, 1973-1977, 78-82. Chairman of the Board Philadelphia Association Clinical Trials, 1980.

Achievements

• Karl Henry Beyer has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences. Member NAS (drug research board 1964-1970), American Chemical Society, American Physiological Society, Philadelphia Medical Society, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (president 1964-1965), Federation American Society Experimental Biology (president 1965-1966), Philadelphia College Physicians, American Therapeutic Society, Society Toxicology, American Society Nephrology, American Heart Association (hypertension research award 1979, county circulation and renal section), Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania, Biological Abstracts (trustee, treasurer 1965-1969).

Connections

Married Camille Slobodzian, November 9,1979. Children by previous marriage: Annette Matilda Beyer Mears, Katherine Louise Beyer Cranson.

Father:

Karl H. Beyer

Mother:

Lennie M. (Beadles) Beyer

Spouse:

Camille Slobodzian