Background
Bergdoll, Merlin Scott was born on September 23, 1916 in Petersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of James E. and Rhoda (Sites) Bergdoll.
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Merlin Scott Bergdoll
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Merlin Scott Bergdoll, American food microbiology educator. Achievements include research in Staphylococcal food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome; isolation and identification of several of the Enterotoxins and the toxic shock Syndrome toxin; development of methodsfor detection of the toxins.
M C. Fulbright fellow Fulbright Committee, Brazil, 1987; grantee National Institutes of Health.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, West Virginia University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Biochemistry, Purdue University, 1946. D. honoris causa, University Madrid, 1989.
Career
Instructor, University of Chicago, 1946-1950; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1950-1956; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1956-1966; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1988; professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1988.
Achievements
Membership
President Community Improvement Association, Chicago, 1948-1950. Moderator Community Church Congregation, Chicago, 1950-1960s. Clerk of session Dale Height's Presbyterian Church, Madison, 1970s.
Member American College of Surgeons, American Society for Microbiology, Institute Food Microbiology, American Society Biological Chemists.
Connections
Married Mildred Paddack, June 4, 1942 (divorced August 1973). Children: Janice, Alice, Carol.
Education
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1940
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1946
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1989
Career
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1966 - 1988