Background
McKusick, Victor Almon was born on October 21, 1921 in Parkman, Maine, United States. Son of Carroll L. and Ethel M. (Buzzell) Mc K.
McKusick, Victor Almon was born on October 21, 1921 in Parkman, Maine, United States. Son of Carroll L. and Ethel M. (Buzzell) Mc K.
Student, Tufts College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1946. Doctor of Science (honorary), New York Medical College, 1974.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Liverpool University, 1976. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maine, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), Tufts University, 1978.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Rochester, 1979. Doctor of Science (honorary), Memorial University, Newfoundland, 1979. DMCh (honorary), University Helsinki, 1981.
Doctor Medical Science (honorary), Medical University South Carolina, 1979. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Edinburgh University, 1984. Doctor of Science (honorary), Aberdeen University, 1988.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1988. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bates College, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Tel Aviv University, 1989.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Zurich University, Switzerland, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), Colby College, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1991.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Sinai School Medicine, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Wisconsin, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 2002.
Training in clinical medicine, laboratory research, Johns Hopkins University/United States Public Health Service, 1946-1952;
instructor medicine, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1952-1954;
assistant professor, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1954-1957;
associate professor, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1957-1960;
chief division medical genetics, department medicine, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1957-1973;
professor medicine, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1960-1985;
professor epidemiology, biology, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1969-1978;
William Osler professor medicine, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1978-1985;
department chairman medicine, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1973-1985;
physician-in-chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1973-1985;
University professor medical genetics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, since 1985;
chief division medical genetics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1973, 85-89. Member research advising committee National Foundation, 1959-1978, medical advisory board Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1967-1983, committee mapping and sequencing of human genome National Academy Science, 1986-1988. President International Medical Congress, Ltd., 1972-1978;member National Advisory Research Resources Council, 1970-1974.
Member board science advisers Roche Institute Molecular Biology, 1967-1971. Trustee Jackson Laboratory, since 1979. Founding member American Board Medical Genetics, 1979-1982.
President 8th International Congress of Human Genetics, 1991. Member human genome advising committee National Institutes of Health, 1988-1992, National Institutes of Health/Department of Energy work group on ethical, legal and societal implications of human genome project, 1990-1995. Co-chairman Centennial of Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1989-1990.
Co-founder, co-director annual short course in medical and experimental mammalian genetics, Bar Harbor, Maine, since 1960. Co-founder, co-director European School Medical Genetics Sestri Levante, since 1988. Chairman of Commission on DNA technical in forensic science National Research Council/NAS, 1989-1992, advisory update committee, 1993-1996.
Founder American Board Medical Genetics.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chair medical science section 1991), American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons (honorary), Royal College Physicians (London), Hastings Center, American College Medical Genetics (honorary). Member National Academy of Sciences (James Murray Luck award 1982), American Philosophical Society (vice president 1996-2008, Benjamin Franklin medal for distinguished achievement in science 1996), American Society Human Genetics (president 1975, Wm. A. Allan award 1977), Association American Physicians (Kober medal 1990), American Society Clinical Investigation (vice president 1967), Human Genome Organization (founder president 1988-1989), American Academy Arts and Science, Little People of America (honorary life), Academy National Society Française Médecine Légale (France.
Correspondent), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Johns Hopkins Club, West Hamilton St. Club, St. Andrew's Society Baltimore.
Married Anne Bishop, June 11, 1949. Children: Carol Anne, Kenneth Andrew, Victor Wayne.