Background
Marget, Walter Rudolf was born on August 1, 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany.
medical journal editor pediatrician
Marget, Walter Rudolf was born on August 1, 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1951.
Assistant in clinical microbiology University Heidelberg, 1946-1951. Assistant pediatrician Children's Hospital-U. Freiburg, Germany, 1951-1961. Head division infections disease Children's Hospital-U. Tübingen, 1961-1967.
Professor University Tübingen, Germany, 1963. Head division infectious disease Children's Hospital, Munich, 1967-1986. Editor-in-chief Journal Infection (English), since 1973.
Fellow Infectious Disease Society of America (correspondent). Member European Society Pediatric Infectious Disease (honorary, founder, president 1982-1983), Pediatrics Infectious Disease Society of America (honorary diplomate), Paul Ehrlich Society (honorary diplomate, head division antimicrobial therapy 1970-1975), European Society Chemotherapy (founder, president), European Society Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Excellence award in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases 1999), American Society Microbiology, German Society Child Health.
Married Marianne Vater, July 15, 1953. Children: Claudia, Matthias F.