Background
Anderson, W. French was born on December 31, 1936 in Tulsa.
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W. French Anderson
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AB, Harvard University, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1963; Master of Arts, Cambridge U., 1960; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Oklahoma, 1992.
Career
Intern pediatric medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1963-1964;
research associate laboratory biochemistry genetics, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 1965-1967;
research medical officer, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 1967-1968;
head section human biochemistry, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 1968-1971;
head section molecular hematology, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 1971-1973;
chief molecular hematology branch, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 1973-1992;
professor biochemistry and pediatrics, director gene therapy laboratories, University of Southern California Norris Cancer Center, since 1992. Research fellow bacteriology and immunology medical school Harvard University, 1964-1965. Professor lecturer school medicine George Washington University, 1967-1975.
Member of faculty department genetics Graduate Program National Institutes of Health, 1967-1992, department medicine & physiology, 1981-1992, chairman, 1984-1992. Member heart fellow board National Heart & Lung Institute, 1968-1970. Member task force hemoglobinopathies National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, 1972, member of national task group on Cooley's anemia, 1977-1978, president assembly scientists, 1982, chairman inter-institute coordinator commission on Cooley's anemia, 1972-1977, member Executive Committee board directors Foundation Advisory Education in Science, Inc., 1984-1992, member working group human gene therapyrecombinant DNA advising committee, 1984-1986, member working group on viruses, 1985-1986, hematology program director Laboratory Molecular Hematology, 1985, mem.coord. committee human genome, 1988-1992.
Chairman inter-agency coordinator commission on Cooley's anemia Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1975-1977. Member senior executive science service Department Health and Human Svc., 1980-1992. Consultant President Commission Study Ethical Problems Medicine & biomedical Behavior Research, 1981-1982, Human Gene Therapy Center for Bioethics, Kennedy Institute Ethics, Washington, since 1982.
Chairman science advisory board Genetic Therapy Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1986-1987, 92-. Member science advisory board S/L Health Care Ventures, New York, 1986-1988, since 1993. Consultant human gene therapy St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis, 1990-1992, U. Pittsburgh, 1990-1992.
Chairman scientific advising committee Children's National Medical Center, Washington, 1990-1992. Lecturer Mider Lecture National Institutes of Health, 1992, Timely Topics Lecture United States and Canada Academy Pathology, 1992, Frontiers in Clinical Science Lecture American Federation Clinical Research, 1992, Myron Karon Memorial Lectureship Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 1992, Distinguished Science Lecture International and American Assns. Dental Research, 1993, Plenary Lecture 17th International Congress of Genetics, 1993, Martin Memorial Lecture 79th Annual Clinical Congress American College Surgeons, 1993, Plenary Lecture American Academy Pediatrics, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member medical resources county Cooley's Anemia Blood & Research Found for Children, 1974-1977. Member of advisory board Cooley's Anemia Foundation, Inc., since 1977. Member science advising committee Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, 1985-1988.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigators, American Society Hematology, American Society Human Genetics, American Society Biological Chemistry, American Federation Clinical Research.
Connections
Married, 1961.
