Background
Waser, Peter Gaudenz was born on July 21, 1918 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Ernst Bernard and Margarit (Ruttiman) Waser.
Waser, Peter Gaudenz was born on July 21, 1918 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Ernst Bernard and Margarit (Ruttiman) Waser.
Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, University Zurich, 1948.
Lecturer University Zurich, 1953-1958, professor extrordinarius, 1959-1962, professor ordinarius, 1963-1969, dean faculty medicine, 1970-1972, rector, 1978-1980. Professor pharmaceutical & toxicology Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1968-1983. President International Union Pharmacology, 1978-1981.
Executive member International Council of Scientific Unions, 1978-1984.
Served with Swiss military, 1938-1943. Fellow Royal Society Medicine. Member Swiss Pharmacology Society (president), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Marion Edmée Bodmer, November 14, 1946. Children: Sibylle, Christian, Cordelia.