Background
Heimberg, Murray was born on January 5, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Gustav and Fannie (Geller) Heimberg.
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Murray Heimberg
Edit Profilebiochemist educator Pharmacologist physician
Education
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1948. MNS, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry (National Institutes of Health fellow), Duke, 1952.
Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1959.
Career
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry Medical School Washington University, St. Louis, 1952-1954. Research associate physiology Medical School Vanderbilt University, 1954-1959, assistant professor to professor pharmacology, and assistant professor medicine, 1959-1974. Professor, chairman department pharmacology, professor medicine University Missouri, 1974-1981.
Professor and chairman department pharmacology, professor medicine, endocrinology and metabolism University Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis, 1981-1996. Van Vleet professor pharmacology University Tennessee, 1986-1996, Distinguished professor pharmacology and medicine, 1996-1999, distinguished professor pharmacology and medicine emeritus, since 2000. Consultant National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health.
Consultant, established investigator American Heart Association. Attending physician University Tennessee Hospitals and Memphis Veterans Administration Hospital. Director lipid metabolism clinic University Tennessee Medical Group.
Served with infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Achievements
Membership
Served with infantry, Army of the United States, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Am.Soc.
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Endocrine Society, American HeartAssn., American Diabetes Association, Southern Society Clinical Investigation.
Connections
Children by previous marriage: Richard G., Steven A. Married Anna Frances Langlois Knox, July 12, 1964. Stepchildren: Larry M. Knox, David S. Knox.
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