Background
Forster, Roy Philip was born on September 28, 1911 in Milwaukee. Son of Frank M. and Adele M. (Schatz) Forster.
Forster, Roy Philip was born on September 28, 1911 in Milwaukee. Son of Frank M. and Adele M. (Schatz) Forster.
Bachelor of Science, Marquette University, 1932. The Master of Philisophy, University Wisconsin, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1938.
Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth, 1948.
Faculty member, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., since 1938;
professor, Dartmouth College, 1948-1964;
Ira Allen Eastman professor, Dartmouth College, 1964-1976;
professor emeritus biology, Dartmouth College, since 1976;
Adjunct Professor Medical School, Dartmouth College, since 1976;
chairman zoology department, Dartmouth College, 1950-1956;
chairman science division, Dartmouth College, 1947-1951;
lecturer physiology Medical School, Dartmouth College, 1964-1974. Consultant research Veterans Administration Center, White River Junction, Vermont, since 1963. Consultant research laboratory science medicine VA, 1964-1966.
Director regulatory biology program National Science Foundation, 1959-1960. Director Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, summers 1940-1947,trustee, 1940-1972, 76-79, vice president, 1960-1963, president, 1963-1970. Member Conference Renal Function of Josiah Macy, Junior Foundation, 1949-1954.
Member corporation BermudaBiol. Station for Research. Member science review committee health research facilities National Institutes of Health, 1964-1966, National Institutes of Health (medical biology review committee), 1966-1967, National Institutes of Health (comparative pharmaceutical committee), 1966, National Institutes of Health (pharmaceutical-toxicology review committee), 1969-1978.
Visiting professor physiology U. Hawaii School Medicine, 1973.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Heart Association (council circulation), American Society Zoologists, American Physiological Society, New Hampshire Academy of Sciences (executive committee 1945-1948), American, International societies nephrology, Society General Physiologists, Sigma Xi (president Dartmouth chapter 1968-1969), Gamma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Nu, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Sigma.
Married Dorothy F. Seegers, August 31, 1935. 1 child, Peggy (Mistress A. Alexander Hyde).