Background
III, Walter Eugene Knox, was born on July 21, 1918 in Norcatur, Kansas, United States. Son of Walter Eugene and Lucy (Frewen) K.
III, Walter Eugene Knox, was born on July 21, 1918 in Norcatur, Kansas, United States. Son of Walter Eugene and Lucy (Frewen) K.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Nebraska, 1939. Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1943.
Intern, then assistant physician Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1943-1948. Special research fellow United States Public Health Service, U. Cambridge (England) and National Institute Medical Research, London, 1949-1952. Associate professor biochemistry Tufts U. Medical School, 1953.
Professor biochemistry American University, Beirut, 1961-1962.
Member of faculty Harvard Medical school and New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, from 1953, professor biological chemistry, from 1969. Chairman metabolism study section National Institutes of Health, 1962-1965.
Served to captain, Medical Corps United States Army, 1944-1947. Fellow New York Academy Science. Member American Association Cancer Research, American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemistry, American Society Human Genetics, Biology-chemical Society, Harvey Society, Japanese Biology-chemical Society (honorary).
Married Olga Halpert, October 6, 1967. Children: Phebe Lee (Mistress William East. Whitehead), Tamsin Ann, Walter Eugene IV. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Nebraska.