Background
Clarkson, Thomas Boston was born on June 13, 1931 in Decatur, Georgia, United States.
Clarkson, Thomas Boston was born on June 13, 1931 in Decatur, Georgia, United States.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University Georgia, 1954. Diploma, American College Laboratory Animal Medicine, 1963.
Research associate pharmacology and experimental therapeutics section, S. E. Massengill Company, 1954-1957;
from assistant to associate professor experimental medicine, director vivarium, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1957-1964;
associate professor laboratory animal medicine, head department, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1964-1965;
professor, department chairman Bowman Gray school medicine, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1965-1997;
director arteriosclerosis research center, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1971-1991;
director comparative medicine clinical research center, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1989-1997;
professor, Wake Forest U. School of Medicine, since 1997. Member science advising committee regional primate research center U. Washington, since 1971. Mem.adv. committee Cerbrovascular Research Center, since 1973.
Member committee veterinary medical sci.NAS-National Research Council, since 1975. Chairman arteriosclerosis, hypertension and lipid metabolism advising committee National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, 1983-1985.
Fellow: Society Behavioral Medicine, Academy Behavioral Medical Research, American Society Primatology. Member: American Veterinary Medicine Association (Charles River prize 1978), American Society Experimental Pathology, American Association Pathologists, American Association Advancement Laboratory Animal Science, American Heart Association (member committee coronary artery lesions and myocardial infarctions since 1970, chairman task force research animal use, vice-chairman council arteriosclerosis 1979-1981, chairman 1981-1983, G. Lyman Duff Memorial lecturer 1985, Award of Merit 1987, Lewis A. Conner Memorial lecturer 1991), National Academy of Sciences (task force animal models atherosclerosis since 1975, member clinical science panel study national needs biomedical and behavioral research since 1976), Sigma Xi.