Background
Horvath, Steven Michael was born on September 15, 1911 in Cleveland. Son of Steven Michael and Mary (Pinka) Horvath.
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Steven Michael Horvath
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Education
Student, Oberlin College, 1930; Bachelor in Chemistry and Physical Education, Miami University, Ohio, 1934; Master of Science in Physiology, Miami University, Ohio, 1935; postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1935-1937; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology and Biology, Harvard University, 1942.
Career
Research assistant, Woods Hole Biological Laboratory, 1936; instructor, Miami (Ohio) U., 1937-1939; research assistant, Harvard University Fatigue Laboratory, Boston, 1939-1942; tutor in biochemistry science, Harvard University Fatigue Laboratory, Boston, 1940-1942; director physiological research, Metropolitan Eastern State Hospital for the Insane, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1939-1942; assistant professor physical medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1946-1947; assistant professor physical medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1948-1949; associate professor physiology, State University Iowa, Iowa City, 1949-1950; professor, State University Iowa, Iowa City, 1951-1958; acting director Institute Gerontology, State University Iowa, Iowa City, 1951-1957; attendant in physiology, Veterans Administration Hospital., Des Moines, Iowa., 1952-1958; visiting professor, U. Copenhagen, 1958-1959; department head physiology, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, 1958-1961; visiting professor in physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, since 1959; professor physiology and biomedical engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1962-1996; professor emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1996; department chairman ergonomics and occupational health science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979-1980; researcher, Sansum Medical Research Foundation, Environmental Stress Lab, Santa Barbara, California, since 1995; eminent scientist in residence, Sansum Medical Research Foundation, Environmental Stress Lab, Santa Barbara, California, since 1997. Consultant in field; committee member Department Energy Health Effects Working Group on Coal Technologies, Environmental Protection Agency, Gordon Conference on the Chemistry of Aging (chairman), Gov's. Committee on Aging (Iowa), National Health Council (New York), National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, National Institutes of Health, National Research Council, National SocialWelfare Assembly.
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Cardiology, American College Sports Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Heart Association, American Physiological Society, American Public Health Association, Gerontological Society, Institute Radio Engineers, Pan American Medical Association, Philadelphia Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Undersea Medical Society.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Dill September 2, 1940 (deceased). Children: Aletha Mary Crowder, Steven Michael, Peter Joseph.
