Background
Birkhaug, Konrad Elias was born on October 12, 1892 in Bergen, Norway. Came to the United States, 1911. Naturalized, 1917. Son of Karl Anderssen and Elise Marie (Olsen) Birkhaug.
Birkhaug, Konrad Elias was born on October 12, 1892 in Bergen, Norway. Came to the United States, 1911. Naturalized, 1917. Son of Karl Anderssen and Elise Marie (Olsen) Birkhaug.
Student, Jamestown (North Dakota) College Academy, 1914. AB, Jamestown College, 1917. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1924.
Master of Science, Rochester University, 1927. Postgraduate, University Berlin, University Hamburg, Germany, 1932.
Hospital secretary, International Young Men’s Christian Association, Russia, 1917-1918; prisoner of war relief, International Young Men’s Christian Association, Verdun, France., 1919-1920; interne, Sydenham Hospital, Baltimore, 1923-1924; assistant medicine and Charlton fellow in medical research, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1924-1925; associate in bacteriology, U. Rochester, 1925-1926; assistant professor, U. Rochester, 1925-1928; associate professor, U. Rochester, 1928-1934; resident bacteriologist, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1925-1932; sous-chef, Institut Pasteur Lab Tuberculosis, Paris, 1932-1935; member, Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, 1935-1945; director, Norwegian National Tuberculosis Vaccine (Boston Consulting Group) Laboratory, Bergen, 1937-1945; bacteriological adviser, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1945-1946; associate medical bacteriologist director Tuberculosis Vaccine (Boston Consulting Group) Laboratory, New York State Department Health, Albany, 1946-1950; principal medical bacteriologist, New York State Department Health, Albany, 1950-1953; associate professor pathology and bacteriology, Albany Medical College, 1954. Consultant United States Public Health Service. Vice president 1st International Boston Consulting Group Congress, Paris, 1948.
Active American Red Cross, Norway, World World War World War II. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association. Member New York State Public Health Association, New York State Association Public Health Laboratories, New York State Medical Society, Medical Society City Albany, American Trudeau Society, American Association Immunologists, International Leprosy Association, American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Society Bacteriology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi.
Also foreign societies.
Married Marie Mustad Berner, March 8, 1938 (divorced 1944).