Background
Riker, Walter F. was born on March 8, 1916 in New York City. Son of Walter F. and Eleanore Louise (Scafard) Riker.
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Walter F. Riker
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1943; Honorary Doctor of Science, Medical College Ohio, 1980.
Career
Instructor pharmacology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1944-1947;
instructor medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1945-1946;
assistant professor pharmacology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1947-1950;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1950-1956;
professor, department chairman pharmacology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1956-1983;
Revlon chair pharmacology and toxicology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1980-1983;
professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity Medical College, since 1983. Member study section National Institutes of Health, 1956-1963, 65-68. Member National Institute General Medical Scis.Council., 1963-1964, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences Council, 1971-1975, President's Science Advisory Committee on Toxicology, 1964-1965.
Visiting professor pharmacology U. Kansas Medical College, 1953. Member Unitarian Service Medical Exchange Program, Japan, 1956. Member science advising committee Pharmaceutical Manufacturers's Association Foundation,1966-1987.
Adjunct member Roche Institute Molecular Biology, 1972-1980. Medical advisor on drugs National Football League, 1973-1984. Advising committee Irma T. HirschlFound., New York City, since 1973.
Board science advisors Sterling Drug, 1973-1976. Director Richardson-Vicks Inc., 1979-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Medicine, Harvey Society. Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (chairman membership committee 1956-1959, councillor 1959-1962, board publications trustees 1962-1964, Chairman of the Board publications trustees 1964-1970, Chairman of Commission educational and professional affairs 1972-1974, John Jacob Abel award 1951, Publs. citation 1970, Torald Sollman award 1986, Oscar B. Hunter award 1990), Japanese Pharmacology Society, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. M C.
Connections
Married Virginia Helene Jaeger, November 28, 1941. Children: Donald K., Walter F., Wayne S.
Awards
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Recipient Teaching award Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1968, 78, citation Pharmaceutical Manufacturers's Association Foundation, 1972, 87, Award of Distinction Cornell Univercity Medical College Alumni Association, 1981, Maurice R. Greenberg Svc. award New York Hospital/Cornell Univercity Medical Center, 1990. Sterling Drug visiting professorship established in honor at Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1979. Named Honorary Fellow, American College Clinical Pharmacology, 1987.Recipient Teaching award Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1968, 78, citation Pharmaceutical Manufacturers's Association Foundation, 1972, 87, Award of Distinction Cornell Univercity Medical College Alumni Association, 1981, Maurice R. Greenberg Svc. award New York Hospital/Cornell Univercity Medical Center, 1990. Sterling Drug visiting professorship established in honor at Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1979. Named Honorary Fellow, American College Clinical Pharmacology, 1987.