Background
Schmidt, Leon Herbert was born on June 28, 1909 in Huron, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert H. and Amelia Margaret (Baehr) Schmidt.
Schmidt, Leon Herbert was born on June 28, 1909 in Huron, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert H. and Amelia Margaret (Baehr) Schmidt.
Bachelor, DePauw University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1932. Doctor of Science (honorary), DePauw University, 1968.
Research associate, Christ Hospital Institute Medical Research, Cincinnati, 1932-1936;
director, Christ Hospital Institute Medical Research, Cincinnati, 1936-1963;
instructor biological chemistry College Medicine, U. Cincinnati, 1938-1941;
from assistant to associate professor, U. Cincinnati, 1941-1950;
research professor, U. Cincinnati, 1950-1963;
director National Center for Primate Biology, University of California, Davis, 1963-1968;
professor pharmacology School Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1968-1969;
associate director chemotherapy research, Southern Research Institute, 1969-1976;
professor pharmacology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1969-1976;
senior scientist, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1967-1989. Charles Francis Craig lecturer American Society Tropical Medicine, 1957. John Blair Barnwell Memorial lectr VA Conference on Pulmonary Diseases, 1971.
Director Commission Malaria, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 1964-1965. Consultant United States Public Health Service, National Research Council, 1946-1967. Member of advisory county National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1962-1966, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1967-1971.
Member Drug Safety Commission, World Health Organization (expert advisory panel malaria). Member of advisory committee Wisconsin Regional Primate Center. Advisory medical board Leonard Wood Memorial Hospital.
Executive Committee VA Committee on Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis. Member commission on medical research National Tuberculosis Association.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Trudeau Society (honorary), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Chemical Society, Society of America Bacteriologists, American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Microbiology, American Association Cancer Research.
Son of; married Ida Theresa Genther, July 28, 1931. Children: Nancy Jeanne, Richard Allen.