Background
Merskey, Clarence was born on July 20, 1914 in South Africa. Son of Bernard and Hilda (Solomon) Merskey.
Merskey, Clarence was born on July 20, 1914 in South Africa. Son of Bernard and Hilda (Solomon) Merskey.
Came to the United States, 1959, naturalized, 1965. B. Medical, B. Surgery, U. Capetown (South Africa), 1937, Doctor of Medicine 1947.
Intern, Groote Schuur Hospital, Capetown, 1938, City Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Capetown, 1939. General medical practice, Tabankulu, Cape Province, Union South Africa, 1939-1940. 1st assistant department medicine, visiting assistant physician Groote Schuur Hospital, 1947-1948, visiting assistant physician, 1951, visiting physician, consultant hematologist, 1951-1959.
Participant-time lecturer physiology U. Capetown, 1947-1948, 1st assistant, senior lecturer medicine, 1951-1959.
Visiting fellow hematology Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England, 1949-1950. Practice internal medicine, Capetown, 1951.
Fellow in biochemistry Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1957. Assistant professor medicine Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1959-1966, associate professor, 1967-1972, professor medicine, 1972-1982, assistant professor pathology, 1966-1968, associate professor, 1968-1974, professor laboratory medicine, 1974-1982.
Served to captain Medical Corps, South African Army, 1940-1946.
Married Marie G. Fine, October 8, 1939. Children: Hilary Pamela Nathe, Susan Heather Sinistore, Joan Margaret Schneiderman.