Background
Fenn, Wallace Osgood was born on August 27, 1893 in Lanesboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Wallace and Faith Huntington (Fisher) Fenn.
Fenn, Wallace Osgood was born on August 27, 1893 in Lanesboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Wallace and Faith Huntington (Fisher) Fenn.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1914, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1919. Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Chicago, 1950. Cathedratico Honoraria, U. San Marcos, Peru, 1959.
Doctor honoris causa, U. Paris, 1960.
Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Rochester, 1965. Honorary doctorate, U. Libre de Brussels, Belgium, 1965.
Instructor physiology, Harvard Medical School, 1919-1922. Traveling fellow Rockefeller Institute, 1922-1924, professor, department chairman physiology, School Medicine and Dentistry, U. Rochester, 1924-1959, assistant dean, 1949-1953, associate dean graduate studies, 1957-1958, distinguished university professor physiology, 1961-1971. Director space science center, 1962-1966.
President, 24th International Congress Physiological Sciences, District of Columbia, 1968.
Served as Second lieutenant Food Division, United States Army, and camp nutrition officer, Camp Dodge, 1918-1919. Member-at-large Division Biology and Agriculture, National Research Council 1932-1935. Member commission on medical science, Research and Development Board, 1949-1952.
Member biological advising committee, National Science Foundation, chairman 1953.
Member International Union Physiological Sciences (president 1968-1971), Canada Physiological Society (honorary), British Physiological Society (honorary), National Institute of Health (chairman Physiological Study Section 1947-1951), American Institute Biological Science (president 1957-1958), American Philosophical Society (John F. Lewis prize 1949), American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy Sciences, American Physiological Society (treasurer 1936-1940, secretary 1942-1946, president 1946-1947), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (president 1957-1959), British Physiological Society, American Association University Professors, International Academy Astronautics, Undersea Medical Society, Italian Society Experimental Biology, Rochester Museum and Science Centers, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Harvey Society (honorary). Corresponding; member Sociedad de Biologia, Argentina.
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Clara Bryce Comstock, September 9, 1919. Children: William Wallace, Ruth, Priscilla, David Bryce.