Background
Huebner, Robert Joseph was born on February 23, 1914 in Cincinnati. Son of Joseph Frederick and Philomena (Brickner) Huebner.
Huebner, Robert Joseph was born on February 23, 1914 in Cincinnati. Son of Joseph Frederick and Philomena (Brickner) Huebner.
Student, Xavier University, 1935. Student, University Cincinnati, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University, 1942.
Doctor of Laws, University Cincinnati, 1965. Honorary Doctor of Science, Edgecliff College, 1970. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Parma, Italy, 1970.
Doctor of Science honorary degree, University Leuven, 1973.
Commissioned junior assistant surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1942, advanced through grades to medical director, 1953. Military duty Alaskan area United States Coast Guard, 1943-1944. Virus and rickettsial disease research National Institutes of Health, 1944-1956, chief virus section, 1949-1956.
Chief laboratory infectious disease National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1956-1968. Chief viral carcinogenesis branch National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, from 1968. Gehrman lecturer University Illinois, 1955, Eli Lilly lecturer, 1957.
Gudakunst lecturer University Michigan, 1958, Harvey lecturer, 1960, Puckett lecturer, 1960.
Fellow American Public Health Association, New York Academy of Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Immunologists, American Epidemiological Society, Federation American Societies Experimental Biology and Medicine, Washington Academy of Sciences (award biological science 1949), International Union Against Cancer, American Academy Microbiology, American Association Cancer Research, American Medical Association, Maryland Angus Association (president 1959-1960), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Harriet Lee, February 5, 1975. Children by previous marriage– Elizabeth, Frances, Geraldine, James, Virginia, Roberta, Edward, Louise, Daniel.