Background
Heuschele, Werner Paul was born on August 28, 1929 in Ludwigsburg, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Karl August and Margarete Anna (Wagner) Heuschele. came to the United States, 1932, naturalized, 1951.
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Werner Paul Heuschele
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Student, San Diego State College, 1947-1950; Bachelor in Zoology, University of California, Davis, 1952; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1956; student, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, University of Wisconsin, 1969.
Career
Manager veterinary hospital, Zoological Society San Diego, 1956-1961;
head, microbiology/virology, Zoological Society San Diego, 1981-1986;
director research, Zoological Society San Diego, since 1986;
research veterinarian, Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory, Orient Point, New York, 1961-1970;
training resident in veterinary pathology, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1965-1966;
associate professor infectious disease, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1970-1971;
head, virology, research and development, Jensen-Salsbery laboratories, Kansas City, Kansas, 1971-1976;
professor veterinary preventive medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1976-1981. Consultant Syntro Corporation, San Diego, 1985-1988, SIBIA, San Diego, 1983-1990, United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)-United Nations Development Programme, Maracay, Venezuela, 1979, 80. Grant review panelist USDA, Washington.
Member commission on bovine tuberculosis eradication, commission on animal health and veterinary medicine, board on agricultural National Research Council, 1992-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Member USDA (VS advisory blue-ribbon panel 1987-1991), American Association Zoological Parks and Aquariums (professional fellow), American Association Zoo Veterinarians (president 1958-1959, secretary, treasurer 1959-1962, Life Member award 1993), American Veterinary Medical Association, Wildlife Disease Association (Vice-President 1985-1987, Distinguished Svc. award 1995), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Veterinary Specialist Group, Captive Breeding Specialist Group (species survival committee), Columbus Zoo Association (board directors 1977-1981), American College Veterinary Microbiologists (Board of Governors 1984-1987), United States Animal Health Association, Sigma Xi, PhiZeta.
Connections
Married Carolyn Rene Bredeson, January 1, 1983. Children: Eric W.K., Mark R. (deceased), Jennifer M.
