Background
Armstrong, Wallace David was born on July 8, 1905 in Hunt County, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Alexander and Eva (Hulsey) Armstrong.
Armstrong, Wallace David was born on July 8, 1905 in Hunt County, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Alexander and Eva (Hulsey) Armstrong.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Texas, 1926, National Research Council fellow, 1926-1927. Master of Science, New York University, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1933, Doctor of Medicine 1937.
Commonwealth Fund fellow, Copenhagen and London, 1938-1939.
Doctor Odontology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1955.
Assistant in organic chemistry University Texas, 1925-1926. Chemist Texas Company, 1928-1929. Assistant department physiological chemistry Medical School, University of Minnesota, 1929-1933, instructor, 1933-1937, assistant professor, 1937-1940, associate professor, 1940-1943, professor, 1943-1946, professor, head department, 1946-1974, Regents’ professor biochemistry, from 1973.
Director intramural research National Institute Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1976.
Rockfeller fellowship, Stockholm, Sweden, 1950.
Member Josiah Macy, Junior, Conference on Metabolic Interrelations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Dentistry (honorary. Member American Society Biological Chemists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Chemical Society, Minnesota Pathological Society, International Association Dental Research (president 1945-1946.
Married Mary Elizabeth Garland, August 19, 1929. Children: Margaret Ann, John Wallace.