Background
Hueper, Wilhelm Carl Heinrich was born on November 4, 1894 in Schwerin, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Caroline (Dornemann) Hueper.
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Wilhelm Carl Heinrich Hueper, German physician. Recipient of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fraenkel-Rosenthal award for cancer research, 1959; United Nations Cancer Research award, 1962. Diplomate public health, aviation medicine and occupational medicine American Board Preventive Medicine, in pathologic anatomy American Board Pathology.
Education
Student Universities Marburg, Rostock. Doctor of Medicine, University Kiel, 1920.
Career
1 son, Klaus Wilhelm. Assistant pathologist Auguste Viktoria Krankenhaus, Berlin, 1921-1923. Director laboratory Mercy Hospital, also assistant professor pathology Loyola University, Chicago, 1924-1930.
Chief pathologist Cancer Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 1930-1933.
Assistant director Haskell Laboratory Industrial Toxicology, Wilmington, Delaware, 1934-1938, Warner Institute for Therapeutic. Research, New York City, 1938-1948.
Chief environmental cancer section National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1948-1964. Consultant on environmental cancer, Department of Labor.
Member occupational cancer committee of the New York Department of Labor.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Medical Association, American Association Pathology and Bacteriology, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Experimental Pathology, American Heart Association, American Society Study Arteriosclreosis (president 1946), American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Gerontological Society, International Union Against Cancer (Chairman of Commission cancer prevention).
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Married Martha Sennhenn, August 24, 1924.
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Recipient of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fraenkel-Rosenthal award for cancer research, 1959. United Nations Cancer Research award, 1962. Diplomate public health, aviation medicine and occupational medicine American Board Preventive Medicine, in pathologic anatomy American Board Pathology.Recipient of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fraenkel-Rosenthal award for cancer research, 1959. United Nations Cancer Research award, 1962. Diplomate public health, aviation medicine and occupational medicine American Board Preventive Medicine, in pathologic anatomy American Board Pathology.