Background
Wintersteiner, Oskar Paul was born on November 15, 1898 in Bruck a/d Mur. Austria. Son of Carl and Eva (Torkar) Wintersteiner.
Wintersteiner, Oskar Paul was born on November 15, 1898 in Bruck a/d Mur. Austria. Son of Carl and Eva (Torkar) Wintersteiner.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Graz (Austria), 1921. Honorary Doctor of Science, Western Reserve University, 1968.
Instructor medical chemistry and organic microanalysis University of Graz, Austria, 1921-1926. Fellow International Education Board, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Rockefeller Institute, 1926-1927. Instructor pharmacology Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1927-1929.
Assistant professor biochemistry College Physicians and Surgs., Columbia University, 1929-1939, associate professor, 1939-1941.
Director division organic chemistry, Squibb Institute Medical Research, 1941-1959, director biological chemistry, 1959-1963, science adviser, 1961-1963, consultant, 1964-1967, senior science adviser, 1967-1971. Honorary professor biochemistry Rutgers University, 1942-1971, emeritus professor, 1968-1971.
Consultant and member antibiotic study section National Institute Health, 1946-1949. Member board of scientific advisers National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, 1957-1959.
Member National Academy Sciences, American Chemical Society (chairman North Jersey section 1957), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harvey Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Swiss Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret Ralston Prest, September 21, 1934. Children: Peter, Susanne.