Background
Shank, Robert Ely was born on September 2, 1914 in Louisville. Son of Oliver Orlando and Isabel Thompson (Ely) Shank.
physician preventive medicine educator emeritus
Shank, Robert Ely was born on September 2, 1914 in Louisville. Son of Oliver Orlando and Isabel Thompson (Ely) Shank.
Bachelor of Arts, Westminster College, 1935; Doctor of Medicine Washington University, 1939.
Intern, house physician, Barnes Hospital, 1939-1941;
assistant resident physician, assistant in research, Hospital Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1941-1946;
research associate division nutrition and physiology, Public Health Research Institute City New York, 1946-1948;
professor preventive medicine, Washington University School Medicine, 1948-1955;
Danforth professor preventive medicine, Washington University School Medicine, 1955-1983;
professor emeritus preventive medicine, Washington University School Medicine, since 1983. Cutter lecturer preventive medicine Harvard, 1964. Member food and nutrition board National Research Council, 1949-1969.
Special consultant nutrition United States Public Health Service, 1949-1953. Chairman advanced.bd. health and hospitals, St. Louis County, 1949-1954. Medical advisory board St. Louis Visiting Nurses Association, 1950-1986.
Member committee food and nutrition national advisory board health services American Red Cross, 1950-1953. Member of advisory committee metabolism Office Surgeon General, 1956-1960, member of advisory commission on nutrition, 1964-1972. Member American Board Nutrition, 1955-1964, secretary, treasurer, 1958-1964.
Member National Board Medical Examiners, 1957-1958. Co-director nutrition survey National Institutes of Health, Peru, 1959, N.E.Brazil, 1963. Member science advisory board National Vitamin Foundation, 1958-1961.
Member nutrition study section National Institutes of Health, 1964-1968, chairman of the section, 1966-1968. Member gastroenterology and nutrition training committee, 1968-1969, member of national advisory child health and human development council, 1969-1973. Member clinical application and prevention advising committee National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1976-1980.
Served as lieutenant Commander Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Public Health Association (governing council 1955-1956), American Institute Nutrition. Member New York Academy of Sciences, Harvey Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (council 1952-1954), Central Society Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association Teachers Preventive Medicine (vice president 1955-1957, president 1957-1958), American Medical Association (council on foods and nutrition 1960-1969, chairman 1963-1966), Gerontological Society, Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Nutrition (council 1963-1965, president 1967-1968), American Dietetic Association (honorary), American Society for Study Liver Diseases (council 1963-1966, president 1966), American Heart Association (chairman nutrition committee 1973-1976, award of merit 1981), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Eleanor Caswell, July 29, 1942. Children: Jane, Robert Oliver, Bruce.