Background
Elenius, Valter Anton was born on September 7, 1923 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Edvard and Elsa Helena (Kyander) Elenius.
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Valter Anton Elenius
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Candidate of medicine, University Helsinki, 1947. Licentiate of medicine, University Turku, Finland, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, University Turku, Finland, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Turku, Finland, 1958.
Career
Assistant doctor, U. Turku Department Ophthalmology, Finland, 1953-1956;
assistant chief, U. Turku Department Ophthalmology, Finland, 1961-1969;
associate professor, U. Turku Department Ophthalmology, Finland, 1969-1988;
acting chief, U. Turku Department Ophthalmology, Finland, 1985-1987;
retired, U. Turku Department Ophthalmology, Finland, 1988. Research fellow Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1956-1958, Max-Planck Institute Experimental Eye Research, Bad-Nauheim, Germany, 1959, department ophthalmology U. Geneva, 1960. Visiting physiological optician University of California, Berkeley, 1963.
Consultant in ophthalmology Public Health Organisation, Helsinki, 1982-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant Army of Finland, 1941-1944. Member Ophthalmological Society Finland (chairman 1982-1984).
Interests
Connections
Married Irma Liisa Tammia. Children: Marianne Kristina, Helena Ingrid, Klaus Peter.
