Walter Hermann Hitzig

Background

Hitzig, Walter Hermann was born on May 9, 1922 in Mexico City. Son of Theodor and Anna (Hesse) Hitzig. arrived in Switzerland, l93l.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, 1947.

Career

Intern, resident physiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, Basel, Bern, Zurich, Switzerland, l948-55; research fellow in pediatrics, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, l955-56; chief resident in pediatrics, U. Zurich, l957-6l; assistant professor, U. Zurich, l96l-65; associate professor, U. Zurich, l965-77; professor, U. Zurich, 1977-1989; professor emeritus, U. Zurich, since 1989. Consultant Bundesministerium für Gorschung und Technologic, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, since 1987, Basel Institute for Immunology, 1988-1991.

Achievements

• Walter Hermann Hitzig has been listed as a noteworthy pediatrics educator emeritus, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Swiss Society Pediatrics (chairman l983-85), Swiss Academy Medical Sciences (vice chairman l988).

Connections

Married Verena Elisabeth Weber, July 2, 1955. Children: Andreas M., Marianne E.

Father:

Theodor Hitzig

Mother:

Anna (Hesse) Hitzig

Spouse:

Verena Elisabeth Weber

child:

Marianne E. Hitzig

child:

Andreas M. Hitzig