Background
Seegers, Walter Henry was born on January 4, 1910 in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Mary (Wente) Seegers.
Seegers, Walter Henry was born on January 4, 1910 in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Mary (Wente) Seegers.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1931. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1934.
Doctor of Science, Wartburg College, 1953. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Justus Liebig University, Federal Republic Germany, 1974. Honorary Doctor of Science, Medical College Ohio, 1978.
Research fellow, U. Iowa, 1931-1934;
research associate, U. Iowa, 1934-1935;
research associate, U. Iowa, 1937-1942;
research associate, Antioch College, 1936-1937;
researcher, Parke, Davis & Company, Detroit, 1942-1945;
associate professor physiology, Wayne State University College Medicine, 1945-1946;
professor, head department physiology, Wayne State University College Medicine, 1946-1948;
professor physiology and pharmacology, Wayne State University College Medicine, 1948-1974;
William D. Traitel professor hematology, Wayne State University College Medicine, 1965-1980;
emeritus, Wayne State University College Medicine, since 1980;
chairman symposium on blood, Wayne State University College Medicine, 1950-1968;
director Thrombosis Specialized Center of Research, Wayne State University College Medicine, 1972-1977;
professor physiology, U. Detroit, 1946-1951. Visiting professor Baylor University, 1950, 52, U. Uruguay, summer, 1957. Visiting scientist, lecturer Rio de Janeiro, 1963.
Honorary member of faculty medicine U. Chile. Subjects; National Security Council visiting chair professor National Taiwan U., 1975. Member health research facilities science review committee National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1966-1970.
Chairman subcommittee blood coagulation National Research Council, 1950-1953, chairman panel on blood coagulation, 1953-1957. Member International Committee on Hemostasis and Thrombosis, since 1954, Detroit Mayor's Committee Rehabilitation Narcotic Addicts, 1961-1973. Member science advisory bd.ARC, 1969-1972.
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Board regents Wartburg College, 1966-1980. Member board Center Health Education, 1961-1980, president, 1969. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists, American Society Hematology, American Heart Association, American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Physiological Society, Detroit Physiological Society (honorary, president 1948, 80), Canada Physiological Society, Michigan Academy of Sciences, Harvey Society (honorary), Chilean Society Transfusion and Hematology (honorary), American College Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Engineering Society Detroit, New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life), Medical Society Turkey (honorary), Hematology Society Turkey (honorary), Mexican Society Hematology (honorary), Japanese Society Thrombosis and Hemostasis (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Beta Pi (honorary) Clubs: Torch, Economics (Detroit).
Married Lillian Entz, December 31, 1935. 1 child, Dorothy Margaret.