Background
Rendtorff, Robert Carlisle was born on March 22, 1915 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter and Meta (Kordenat) Rendtorff.
Rendtorff, Robert Carlisle was born on March 22, 1915 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter and Meta (Kordenat) Rendtorff.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1937; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1939; Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins, 1944; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1949.
Entomologist University Illinois, Champaign, 1938-1939. Instructor virology laboratory University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1942-1944. Malariologist-entomologist, division malariology Ministry Health, Maracay, Venezuela, 1946.
Assistant professor community medicine University Tennessee, Memphis, 1955-1958. Associate professor, 1958-1965. Professor, 1965-1980.
Professor emeritus, from 1980. Director division communicable disease Memphis-Shelby County Health Department, 1967-1975, acting health officer, 1979-1980.
Served as surgeon United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health Laboratory Tropical Diseases, 1950-1955.
Son of Walter and Meta (Kordenat) R. M. Kathryn Seiler, June 15, 1937 (deceased February 1979). 1 daughter, Linda; m.
Fanny Coker, June 2, 1979. Stepchildren– Elizabeth Coker Grapes, Kenneth Coker.