Background
Kampmeier, Otto Frederic was born on November 7, 1888 in near Clarksville, Iowa, United States. Son of August and Mary (Ehrlicher) Kampmeier.
Kampmeier, Otto Frederic was born on November 7, 1888 in near Clarksville, Iowa, United States. Son of August and Mary (Ehrlicher) Kampmeier.
Bachelor of Arts with honors, State University of Iowa, 1909. Fellow, Princeton, 1909-1912, Doctor of Philosophy, cum laude, 1912. Graduate and medical study University of Chicago, 1921, University of Freiburg, Germany, 1922.
Doctor of Medicine summa cum laude, University of Munich, Germany, 1924.
Married Carolyn Riechers, 1953. Student assistant in biology, State University of Iowa, 1906-1909. Assistant, United States bureau of Fisheries, 1909.
Instructor in anatomy, University of Pittsburgh, 1912-1915.
Assistant professor, 1915-1918. Instructor in anatomy, University of Illinois College Medicine, 1918-1919, associate professor 1920-1922, 1924-1928.
Professor from 1928, head of department, 1929-1951, professor of medical history, 1951-1953. Professor emeritus anatomy University of Illinois College Medicine, from 1953.
Professor anatomical, head department School Medicine, College Medical Evangelists, Loma Linda, California, 1953-1957.
Member American Association Anatomists, American Society Naturalists, American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago Institute Medicine (vice president 1949-1950), Deutsche Medizinische Gesellschaft of Chicago, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Club: Chaos.
Married Ruzena Tomek, September 7, 1912 (decased, 1952).