Background
HAVEL, Richard was born on February 20, 1925 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Joseph Havel and Anna Fritz.
HAVEL, Richard was born on February 20, 1925 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Joseph Havel and Anna Fritz.
Reed College, Portland, Oregon, University of Oregon Medical School and Cornell University Medical College.
Intern, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1949-1950;
resident in medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1950-1953;
clinical associate, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1953-1954;
research associate, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1954-1956;
faculty, School Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, since 1956;
professor medicine, School Medicine, University of California, since 1964;
associate director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, 1961-1973;
director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, 1973-1992. Chief metabolism section, department medicine, 1967-1997. Director Arteriosclerosis Specialized Center of Research, 1971-1996.
Member board science counselorsNat. Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1976-1980. Chairman food and nutrition board National Research Council, 1987-1990.
Established investigator American Heart Association, 1956-1961, chairman county on arteriosclerosis, 1977-1979. With United States Public Health Service, 1951-1953. Fellow Associate of Applied Science (Theobald Smith award 1960).
Member NAS, Institute Medicine NAS, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Clinical Nutrition (McCollum award 1993), Association American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Institute Nutritional Science, Western Society Clinical Investigation (Mayo Soley award 1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Virginia Johnson, June 28, 1947. Children: Christopher, Timothy, Peter, Julianne.