Background
Fischer, Martin Henry was born on November 10, 1879 in at Kiel, Germany. Son of Rudolph Henry and Theresa (Beuthien) Fischer.
Fischer, Martin Henry was born on November 10, 1879 in at Kiel, Germany. Son of Rudolph Henry and Theresa (Beuthien) Fischer.
Came to the United States, 1885. Graduate South. Division High School, Chicago, 1897. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1901.
Honorary Pharmaceutical Doctorate., Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, 1925.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Wittenberg College, 1932. Doctor of Laws, University of Cincinnati, 1951.
Holmes scholar, summers, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1900-1901. Post-graduate studies in Germany and Austria, 1905-1906.
Assistant in pathology, 1898-1901, physiology, 1900-1901, Rush Medical College. Associate in physiology, University of Chicago, 1901-1902. Assistant professor physiology, University of California, 1903-1905.
Professor pathology, Oakland College of Medicine and Surgery, 1905-1910.
Professor physiology, U. Cincinnati, 1910-1950, emeritus, 1950-1962. Cutter lecturer Harvard, 1917.
Lecturer fine arts, New York University, 1931. Hatfield prize, College Physicians, Philadelphia, 1909.
Cartwright prize, Alumni of College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1911.
Gold medal for research, American Medical Association, 1913, diploma, 1915, silver medal, 1916, diploma, 1920. Merit award Miami chapter American Institute Chemists, 1946. Gold medal American Artists Professional League, 1947.
International prize, Kolloid Gesellschaft, 1924.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists, (Ohio award 1952). Member of the American Medical Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Physiological Society, American Association Biological Chemists, American Artists Professional League (honorary Chairman of Commission technic), Cincinnati Research Society (president 1912), American Chemical Society (president Cincinnati section, 1922.
Married Charlotte Rust Leonard, May 6, 1903 (died June 14, 1960).