Thomas Arthur McKean

Background

McKean, Thomas Arthur was born on January 27, 1941 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of Robert S. and Gwendolyn McKean.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Whitman College, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, U. Oregon, Portland, 1968.

Career

Research assistant, U. Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1963-1964; postdoctoral fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1968-1969; assistant director marketing, Hoechst Pharmaceutical, Cinn., 1969-1970; assistant professor, U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1970-1974; associate professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1974-1982; acting director Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho medical program, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1977-1978, 87-88; professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, since 1982; affiliate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1984. Visiting scientist Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1980-1981.

Achievements

• Thomas Arthur McKean has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Reviewer Clearwater Economics Development Corporation, Moscow, Idaho, 1977-1980, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Science and Engineering Research Council (Canada). President Latah County Humane Society, Moscow, 1977-1980. Board directors Idaho Rural Health Education Commission, American Heart Association, Idaho chapter, Boise, since 1986, president, 1991.

Chairman mount west peer review, Dallas, 1988-1990, Mount States Medical Research Institute Research Committee. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society.

Connections

Married Cynthia Fanshawe, May 17,1963 (divorced 1978). Married Corinne K. Ostroot, January 4, 1980. Children: Jeffrey, Leslie.

Father:

Robert S. McKean

Mother:

Gwendolyn McKean

Spouse:

Corinne K. Ostroot

Spouse:

Cynthia Fanshawe

child:

Leslie McKean

child:

Jeffrey McKean