Background
Kleinzeller, Arnost was born on December 6, 1914 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Son of Arnold and Josefa (Schongut) Kleinzeller.
physician physiologist emeritus educator
Kleinzeller, Arnost was born on December 6, 1914 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Son of Arnold and Josefa (Schongut) Kleinzeller.
Doctor of Medicine, University Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Sheffield, England, 1941. Rockefeller fellow, Cambridge University, England, 1942.
Doctor of Science, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1959. Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1973.
Head laboratory cell metabolism, State Institute Health, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1945-1948;
member of faculty, Technology U., Prague, 1948-1952;
member of faculty, Charles U., Prague, 1952-1955;
head laboratory cell metabolism, Czechoslovak Academy Science, Prague, 1956-1966;
visiting professor department physiology, U. Rochester (New York) School Medicine and Dentistry, 1966-1967;
professor physiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1967-1985;
professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1985-1997. Visiting professor department biochemistry U. Cambridge, England, 1980. Member Executive Committee International Cell Research Organisation, 1962-1967, chairman panel IV, 1962-1968.
Member United States national committee International Union Physiological Sciences, 1975-1981, secretary, 1975-1978.
Fellow Philadelphia College Physicians. Member International Society Cell Biology (Executive Committee 1964-1968), Czechoslovak National Committee Biological Sciences (honorary secretary 1961-1966), Bio-chemical Society Great Britain, American Physiological Society, Society General Physiologists (councillor 1977-1979), Biophysics Society, American Society Cell Biology, Academia Leopoldina, Great Britain Physiological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (committee science freedom and responsibility 1982-1985) M C.
Married Lotte Reuter, April 2, 1943. Children: Anna, Jana.