Onno Willem Van Assendelft

Background

Assendelft, Onno Willem Van was born on August 23, 1932 in Brummen, The Netherlands. Son of Frederik and Anna Maria (Veenbaas) Van Assendelft. came to the United States 1976.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Groningen, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Groningen, 1970.

Career

Research scientist, associate professor, Laboratory Regulatory Physiology, Groningen, 1961-1976; secretary, dean, Groningen Medical School, 1973-1975; supervisory medical research officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, since 1976. Consultant Food and Drug Administration, since 1979. Board secretariat International Council Standardization in Hematology, since 1978, chairman secretariat, since 1994.

Board, Executive Committee National Comm. Clinical Laboratory Studies, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1982-1994, president, 1990-1992. Chairman United States delegation to International Organization for Standardization/TC 212 on clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test system, since 1995.

Director regulated diagnostic laboratories National Center Infectious Diseases, since 1993.

Achievements

• Onno Willem Van Assendelft has been listed as a noteworthy Hematologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Royal Netherlands Army, 1959-1961. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Hematology, International Society Laboratory Hematology, New York Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Theodora Henriette Teunissen, July 15, 1960. Children: Anne C.E., Frederik H.B., Albert H.P., Diederik A.A., Catharina Electrical Engineer.

Father:

Frederik Assendelft

Mother:

Anna Maria (Veenbaas) Van Assendelft

Spouse:

Theodora Henriette Teunissen

child:

Anne C.E. Assendelft

child:

Frederik H.B. Assendelft

child:

Diederik A.A. Assendelft

child:

Albert H.P. Assendelft

child:

Catharina Electrical Engineer Assendelft