Background
Tenney, Stephen Marsh was born on October 22, 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Houser and Caroline (Marsh) Tenney.
Tenney, Stephen Marsh was born on October 22, 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Houser and Caroline (Marsh) Tenney.
AB, Dartmouth University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1946. Doctor of Science (honorary), Dartmouth University.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Rochester.
From instructor to associate professor of medicine and physiology, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1951-1956;
professor physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1956-1974;
dean, Dartmouth Medical School, 1960-1962;
acting dean, Dartmouth Medical School, 1966, 73;
director medical science, Dartmouth Medical School, 1957-1959;
department chairman physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, 1956-1977;
Nathan Smith professor physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, 1974-1988;
Nathan Smith professor emeritus, Dartmouth Medical School, since 1988;
medical director, Parker B. Francis Foundation, 1975-1983;
executive vice president, Parker B. Francis Foundation, 1984-1989. Chairman physiology study section National Institutes of Health, 1962-1965. Training committee National Heart Institute, 1968-1971.
Member Executive Committee National Research Council. Member physiology panel National Institutes of Health study Office Science and Technology. Member regulatory biology panel National Science Foundation, 1971-1975.
Chairman of the Board science counselors National Heart and Lung Institute, 1974-1978. Chairman Commission Respiratory Physiology International Union Physiological Sciences.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1947-1949. Senior medical officer Shanghai. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Institute Medicine of National Academy Sciences, American Physiological Society, American Society Clinical Investigation, New York Academy Sciences, Gerontological Society, American Heart Association, Association American Medical Colls.,, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
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Married Carolyn Cartwright, October 18, 1947. Children: Joyce B., Karen M., Stephen M.