Background
Janssen, Paul Adriaan Jan was born on September 12, 1926 in Turnhout, Belgium. Son of Jan Constant and Margriet (Fleerackers) Janssen.
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Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Faculty Notre Dame de la Paix, 1945; student, University Louvain, Belgium, 1945-1949; Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, State University Ghent, Belgium, 1951; teaching certified in chemical pharmaceutical, State University Ghent, 1956.
Career
Assistant, Institute Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University Ghent, 1950-1956;
assistant, Institute Pharmacology, U. Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, 1951-1952;
president, director research, Janssen Pharmaceutica Nevada, Beerse, Belgium, 1958-1991;
honorary Chairman, Board Of Directors, Janssen Pharmaceutica Nevada, Beerse, Belgium, since 1991;
chairman, Janssen Research Foundation Worldwide, since 1987. Vice chairman Johnson & Johnson International, 1979-1991. Lecturer psychiatry U.Liége, Belgium, 1966.
Professor medicinal chemistry Liège Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium, 1973. President Collegium International Neuro-Psychopharm., 1980-1982. Visiting professor medical science King's College, U. London, 1982-1983.
Councillor Belgian National Council Management Sciences, 1984-1987, Flemish Council Management Sciences, since 1987. Lecturer, Francqui chair Catholic U. Louvain, 1985-1986, visiting professor School Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1987-1988, professor extraordinary Institute Pharmaceutical Scics. Louvain, 1988-1991; lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Academy Medicine Ireland (honorary), College Medicine South Africa (honorary). Member Royal Society Medicine (London), American Chemical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Excerpta Medica Foundation, European Society Study of Drug Toxicity, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Collegium International Medicinae Psychosomaticae, American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Belgian College Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, Belgian Society Fundamental and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology, Royal Society Science Liége, Colombian Society Dermatology, numerous others.
Connections
Married Dora Arts, July 1, 1957. Children: Graziëlla, Herwig, Yasmine, Pablo, Maroussia.
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Nationality
Belgian
Awards
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Recipient honorary doctorate, Johann Wolfgang Goethe U., Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1978, U. Lund, Sweden, 1981, Catholic U. Louvain, 1982, Szeged (Hungary) U. Medical School, 1984, State University Ghent, 1984, U. Dublin, Ireland, 1985, U. Düsseldorf, Federal Republic Germany, Ben GurionU. of Negev, Israel, 1986, State University Liége, Belgium, 1988, U. Granada, Spain, 1989, U. Montreal, 1989, U. Antwerp, 1992. U. Pavia, 1992, U. Istanbul, 1992, U. Rome, 1992, China Pharmaceutical U., 1993, State University Limburg, Netherlands, 1996, U. Alberta, Canada, 1996, Charles U., Czech Republic, 1998. Recipient numerous awards from professional organizations throughoutEurope and United States.Recipient honorary doctorate, Johann Wolfgang Goethe U., Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1978, U. Lund, Sweden, 1981, Catholic U. Louvain, 1982, Szeged (Hungary) U. Medical School, 1984, State University Ghent, 1984, U. Dublin, Ireland, 1985, U. Düsseldorf, Federal Republic Germany, Ben GurionU. of Negev, Israel, 1986, State University Liége, Belgium, 1988, U. Granada, Spain, 1989, U. Montreal, 1989, U. Antwerp, 1992. U. Pavia, 1992, U. Istanbul, 1992, U. Rome, 1992, China Pharmaceutical U., 1993, State University Limburg, Netherlands, 1996, U. Alberta, Canada, 1996, Charles U., Czech Republic, 1998. Recipient numerous awards from professional organizations throughoutEurope and United States.