Peter Schmid

Background

Schmid, Peter was born on September 5, 1927 in Signau, Bern, Switzerland. Came to the United States, 1955. Son of Edwin A. and Julia (Trachsel) Schmid.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Institute Technology, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1952; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Francisco, 1963.

Career

Investigator, Chemical Industries Basel Pharmaceutical Company, Basel, Switzerland, 1952-1955; National Institutes of Health fellow, University of California, San Francisco, 1959-1963; investigator in radio biology, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1964-1967; senior investigator, manager for Lasers in Skin Biology, Letterman Army Institute Research, San Francisco, 1967-1993; retired, 1993; adviser, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, since 1970; counselor, County of Marin Senior Adult Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1994. Consultant officer representative United States Army Medical Research & Development Command, Frederick, Maryland., since 1984.

Achievements

• Peter Schmid has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Adviser Dixie School District, San Rafael, California, 1970. Co-organizer Open Space Bond Issue, San Rafael, 1972. Technical adviser Open Space Management, San Rafael, since 1976.

Board directors Santa Margarita Home Owners Association, San Rafael, 1972. Board directors, councilor Community Congregational Church, meditation program manager, since 1980. Member American Management Association, New York Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: foreign travel, photography, gardening, outdoor sports.

Connections

Married Charlotte Staubli, July 3, 1954 (deceased). Children: Peter A., Christine A.

Father:

Edwin A. Schmid

Mother:

Julia (Trachsel) Schmid

Spouse:

Charlotte Staubli

child:

Peter A. Schmid

child:

Christine A. Schmid