Richard Joe King

Background

King, Richard Joe was born on August 30, 1937 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Meyer and Rebecca (Goldberg) King.

Education

Bachelor, U. Missouri, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1970.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, San Francisco, 1970-1971; assistant research biophysicist, University of California, San Francisco, 1971-1974; assistant professor to professor physiology, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, since 1974. Adjunct scientist S.W. Foundation for biomedical Research, San Antonio, since 1990. Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1974-1990, National Institute Environmental Health Science Counselors, 1982, Medical Research Council, Canada, 1976, Alberta (Canada) Heritage Foundation, 1990.

Member study sections National Institutes of Health, 1979, 80, 81, 83-87.

Achievements

• Richard Joe King has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physiological Society, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Leslie A. Spurgeon, August 31, 1963. Children: Deborah, David.

Father:

Meyer King

Mother:

Rebecca (Goldberg) King

Spouse:

Leslie A. Spurgeon

child:

David King

child:

Deborah King