Background
Wagner, Robert Roderick was born on January 5, 1923 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Mary (Mendelsohn) Wagner.
microbiologist oncology educator
Wagner, Robert Roderick was born on January 5, 1923 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Mary (Mendelsohn) Wagner.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1943; Doctor of Medicine Yale University, 1946.
Intern, assistant resident physician, Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1946-1947, 49-50;
research fellow, National Institute Medical Research, London, 1950-1951;
instructor, then assistant professor medicine, Yale University, 1951-1955;
assistant, then associate professor medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1956-1959;
associate professor microbiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1959-1964;
assistant, then associate dean medical faculty, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1957-1963;
professor microbiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1964-1967;
visiting fellow, member Common Room All Souls College, University of Oxford, 1967, 76;
professor microbiology, University of Virginia, 1967-1997;
department chairman microbiology, University of Virginia, 1967-1994;
Marion McNulty Weaver and Malvin C. Weaver professor oncology, University of Virginia, 1984-1997;
professor emeritus, University of Virginia, since 1997;
director Cancer Center, University of Virginia, 1984-1994;
visiting scientist, Chinese Academy Medical Sciences, 1982;
visiting professor, Universities Giessen and Wuerzburg (West Germany), 1983. Consultant American Cancer Society Member committees. United States Public Health Service, National Science Foundation, Association American Medical Colls., American Medical Association, National Board Medical Examiners.
Board directors W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, New York, 1982-1997.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1947-1949. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (councillor). Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Biological Chemists, American Association Immunologists, American Society for Microbiology (councillor), Association Medical School Microbiology Chairman (president 1974), American Society Virology (president 1984).
Married Mary Elizabeth Burke, March 23, 1967.