Stephen Desiderius Bruck

Background

Bruck, Stephen Desiderius was born on February 4, 1927 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Laszlo and Renee (Paschkesz) Bruck. naturalized, 1951.

Education

Student, Faculty of Medicine, University Budapest, 1946. Bachelor of Science, Boston College, 1951. Master of Arts (University scholar), Johns Hopkins University, 1953.

Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1955. Division of Medical Sciences (honorary), Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1983.

Career

Research chemist E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1955-1960. Project leader National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1961-1962. Senior staff scientist Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, 1962-1966.

Acting manager polymers Watson Research Center, International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1966-1967. Professor chemical engineering Catholic University, Washington, 1967-1969. Program director for biomaterials National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1969-1978.

Affiliate professor chemical engineering Washington University, St. Louis, 1977-1979. Visiting research professor biomedical engineering division biomedical engineering school Medicine University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1979-1980. President Stephen D. Bruck Associates Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from 1978.

Exchange scholar National Academy of Sciences to Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1983. Adjunct professor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1999-2000.

Achievements

• Stephen Desiderius Bruck has been listed as a notable biochemist, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Blood Compatible Synthetic Polymers: An Introduction

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Public Health Association, American Chemical Society, American Society Artificial Internal Organs, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Children: Stephanie, Lewis, Debra. Married Olga M. Swartz, July 19, 1991.

Father:

Laszlo Bruck

Mother:

Renee (Paschkesz) Bruck

Spouse:

Olga M. Swartz

child:

Stephanie Bruck

child:

Debra Bruck

child:

Lewis Bruck