Background
Asper, Samuel Philips was born on July 14, 1916 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.
Asper, Samuel Philips was born on July 14, 1916 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.
AB, Baylor University, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1940.
House officer in medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1940—1941. Research fellow Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Harvard University, 1941—1942, 1946—1947. From instructor to professor Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1947—1985.
Associate dean Johns Hopkins University, 1957—1968. Vice president medical affairs Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1970—1973. Emeritus professor medicine Johns Hopkins University, from 1985.
Professor internal medicine, dean faculty medical science American University, Beirut, 1973—1978. Chief staff University Hospital, 1973—1978. Deputy executive vice president American College of Physicians, 1979—1981.
President Education Committee Foreign Medical Graduates, 1982—1985, emeritus president, from 1985. Major Medical Corps United States Army, 1942-1945.
Major United States Army Medical Corps, 1942-1945. Master American College of Physicians (president 1969-1970, emeritus president since 1985). Member Institute Medicine/National Academy Science, Endocrine Society (vice president 1966-1967), Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation.
Married Ann Carver, 1942. Children: Ann, Lucy.