Background
Popper, Hans was born on November 24, 1903 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Carl and Emma (Gruenhaum) Popper.
Popper, Hans was born on November 24, 1903 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Carl and Emma (Gruenhaum) Popper.
Doctor of Medicine, University Vienna, 1928. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1944.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Catholic University Louvain, 1965. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Bologna, 1965. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Hannover, 1974.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Turin, 1975. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Tuebingen, 1977. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Catholic College, Seoul, Korea.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Lisbon, 1981. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Freiburg, 1984. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Goettingen, Germany, 1987.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Vienna, 1965. Honorary Doctor of Science, Mount Sinai Medical School, 1979. Honorary Doctor of Science, College Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, 1981.
Resident, assistant, department pathology and medicine, U. Vienna, 1928-1938; practice medicine, specializing in pathology, Chicago, 1938-1957; practice medicine, specializing in pathology, New York City, 1957-1988; research fellow, Cook County Graduate School Medicine, 1938-1942; director laboratories, Cook County Hospital, 1944-1946; director department pathology, Cook County Hospital, 1946-1957; science director, Hektoen Institute Medical Research, 1943-1957; assistant professor, associate professor, professor pathology, Medical School Northwestern University, 1946-1957; pathologist-in-chief, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1957-1972; consultant pathologist, director emeritus department, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1972-1988; professor pathology, Columbia, 1957-1967; dean academic affairs, professor pathology, department chairman pathology, Mount Sinai School Medicine, City U., New York, 1965-1972; president, dean, Mount Sinai School Medicine, City U., 1972-1973; president and dean emeritus, Mount Sinai School Medicine, City U., 1973-1988; Gustave L. Levy distinguished service professor, Mount Sinai School Medicine, City U., 1972-1988. Honorary professor of University Arequipa, Peru, 1965. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Bronx, United States Public Health Service Hospital, S.I., Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, 1957-1988.
Served to major Medical Corps United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, International Association for Study of Liver (past president), American Association Study Liver Diseases (past president), Chicago Pathol.
Society, New York Pathol. Society (past president), Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.
Married Lina Billig, June 4, 1942. Children– Frank, Charles.