Background
Topping, Norman Hawkins was born on January 12, 1908 in Flat River, Missouri, United States. Son of Moses H. and Charlotte Amanda (Blue) Topping.
Topping, Norman Hawkins was born on January 12, 1908 in Flat River, Missouri, United States. Son of Moses H. and Charlotte Amanda (Blue) Topping.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Southern California, 1933; Doctor of Medicine, University Southern California, 1936.
Intern, United States Public Health Service marine hospitals, San Francisco
Intern, United States Public Health Service marine hospitals, Seattle
member of staff, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1937-1952;
assistant chief division infectious diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1946-1948;
assistant surgeon general, United States Public Health Service
associate director, National Institutes of Health, 1948-1952;
vice president for medical affairs, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1958;
president, University of Southern California, 1958-1970;
chancellor, University of Southern California, 1970-1980;
chancellor emeritus, University of Southern California, 1980-1997. Engaged in medical research, viral and rickettsial diseases, 1937-1948. Member commission on virus research and epidemiology National Foundation Infantile Paralysis, 1950-1956, chairman, 1956-1958.
Member research committee National Foundation, chairman, 1958-1977. President American Society Tropical Medicine, 1949.
President Southern California Rapid Transit District, 1971-1973. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association American Physicians, American Epidemiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Married Helen Rummens, September 2, 1930 (deceased August 1989). Children— Brian, Linda.