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Solomon, Robert Douglas was born on August 28, 1917 in Delavan, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Lewis Jacob and Sara (Ludgin) Solomon.
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Robert Douglas Solomon, American pathology educator. Achievements include development of fiber-optic arterial catheter for visualization and making movies of aortic endothelium in vivo; first one to report experimental reversibility of atherosclerosis. Grantee National Institutes of Health, Fleischmann Foundation, American Heart Association, National Cancer Institute, 1958-1970.
Education
Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1934—1936. Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University Chicago, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1942.
Career
Intern John's Hopkins Hospital, 1942-1943. Resident in pathology Michael Reese Hospital, 1947-1949. Lecturer University Illinois, Chicago, 1947-1950, fellow National Institutes of Health pathology, 1949-1950.
Assistant professor University Maryland, Baltimore, 1955-1960. Associate professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1960-1970. Chief of staff City of Hope National Medical Center, 1966-1967.
Professor University Missouri, Kansas City, 1977-1978, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1968-1978. Chief of staff The Hospital, Sidney, 1985-1986. Adjunct professor biology University North Carolina, Wilmington, 1989—2005, retired, 2005.
Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore, 1955-1960, Medical Service Laboratory, Wilmington, 1989-1993. Active in field of bariatrics, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president Rotary, Duarte, California, 1967. Vice president, president Force for a Responsible Electorate. Captain Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American College of Physicians (president Maryland chapter), Western Geriatrics Society (founding).
Member College American Pathologists (past president Maryland chapter), American Society Clinical Pathologists, Association Clinical Scientists, American Chemical Society, Royal Society Medicine (London), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Helen Fisher, April 4, 1943. Children: Susan, Wendy, James, William.
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American
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1942