Background
Russell, Philip King was born on January 26, 1932 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Richard King and Katherine Adele (Fleisch) Russell.
Russell, Philip King was born on January 26, 1932 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Richard King and Katherine Adele (Fleisch) Russell.
AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1954. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1958.
Commissioned captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1959, advanced through grades to major general, 1986. Intern North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1958-1959. With department virus diseases Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1959-1961.
Resident in medicine University Hospital, Baltimore, 1961-1963. Clin investigator Pakistan Med Research Center of University Maryland, 1963-1964. With department virus diseases Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1964-1965, chief department virus diseases, 1968-1973, director division communicable disease and immunology, 1970-1976, deputy director, 1976-1979, director, commandant, 1979-1983.
Chief virology department United States Army Medical Component, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Bangkok, Thialand, 1965-1968. Manager mission area I United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 1979. Commander Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, 1983-1986, United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, Fort Detrick, since 1986.
Lecturer pathiobiology Johns Hopkins University. Professor department preventive medicine/biometrics Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
Board directors Mile High chapter American Red Cross, since 1983. Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (councilor 1975, president 1982-1983), Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society Microbiology, American Association Immunologists, Infectious Disease Society of America, American Epidemiology Society, Aurora Chamber of Commerce, Denver Chamber of C. Lodges: Rotary.
Married Constance Rice, August 20, 1955. Children– Katherine, Ellen, Richard.