Background
Kuna, Samuel was born on May 7, 1912 in Velke Levare, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1913. Son of Samuel and Anna (Jurka) Kuna.
small business owner Toxicologist
Kuna, Samuel was born on May 7, 1912 in Velke Levare, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1913. Son of Samuel and Anna (Jurka) Kuna.
Bachelor in Biology, New York University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy with honors, New York University, 1957. Master of Arts, Temple University, 1950.
Technician pharmacology department, Merck & Company, 1934-1938;
technician nutrition department, Merck & Company, 1939;
research assistant Merck Institute Therapeutic Research, Merck & Company, 1939-1943;
department head general pharmacology, Merck & Company, 1943-1950;
department head bio-control department, Merck & Company, 1947-1950;
research associate, department head experimental pharmacology, department head bio-control, Merck & Company, 1950-1953;
research associate department head special problems in pharmacology, Merck & Company, 1953-1957;
head pharmacology department, products division, Bristol-Myers, 1957-1959;
assistant director chemical and biological research, head pharmacology department, Bristol-Myers, 1959-1962;
assistant director R & D laboratories, director biological science, Bristol-Myers, 1962-1967;
director toxicology, Calgon Consumer Products Research laboratories division Merck & Company, Inc., 1967-1974;
director biological research, Calgon Consumer Products Research laboratories division Merck & Company, Inc., 1974-1977;
consultant toxicology, Beecham laboratories Western Hemisphere, 1977-1983;
joint graduate program toxicology, Rutgers University Medicine and Dentistry, since 1979;
professor toxicology, director graduate program, Rutgers University Medicine and Dentistry, 1979-1981;
president, Lebanon (New Jersey) Antique Center, since 1982.
President, Chief Executive Officer First Bank Colonia, 1962-1982. Board directors, treasurer Middlesex Community College Foundation. Chairman Rutgers University Health and Saftey Council.
Instructor pharmacology department Temple University, Philadelphia, 1947-1950. Lecturer New York University, 1962-1963.
Fellow New Jersey Academy Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Pharmaceutical Association, American Society Toxicology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, New Jersey Academy of Sciences.
Married, December 26, 1936. Children: Robert, Samuel Junior.