Background
WOODRUFF, Alan was born on June 27, 1916 in Sunderland. Son of William Henry Woodruff and Mary Margaret (nee Thomson) Woodruff.
medical doctor Wellcome Professor
WOODRUFF, Alan was born on June 27, 1916 in Sunderland. Son of William Henry Woodruff and Mary Margaret (nee Thomson) Woodruff.
Bede Collegiate School, University of Durham.
Professor, of Clinical Tropical Medicine, London-School of Medicine and Tropical Hygiene, University of London, and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London 1952-1981. Honorary Consultant in Tropical Medicine, British Army 1956-1981, British Airways 1962-1989. Professor, of Medicine University of Juba, Sudan since 1981.
President Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1973-1975, Medical Society of London 1975-1976, History Section, Royal Society of Medicine 1977-1979, Durham University Society 1963-1973.
Honorary R.E. 1979; Katherine Bishop Harman.
Expert Panel on Parasitic Diseases World Health Organization 1963-1988.
Married Mercia Helen Arnold in 1946.