Background
Gortatowski, Melvin Jerome was born on October 30, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Harry and Anna Martha (Santowski) Gortatowski.
Gortatowski, Melvin Jerome was born on October 30, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Harry and Anna Martha (Santowski) Gortatowski.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1956; Master of Science, Washington State University, 1952.
Research instructor biochemistry, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1955-1958; research associate psychiatry, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1958-1959; research instructor biochemistry, chemist Veterans Administration Hospital., U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1959-1965; associate investigator, assistant research professor pediatrics, biochemistry, University of Southern California Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, 1965-1971; director bureau clinical chemistry, Utah State Health Laboratory, Salt Lake City, 1971-1987; safety officer, Utah State Health Laboratory, Salt Lake City, 1980-1987.
Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Chemical Society, Mineral Collectors Utah, Utah Numismatic Society (board directors 1976-1977), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.