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Trager, William was born on March 20, 1910 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leon and Anna (Emilfork) Trager.
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Living Together: The Biology of Animal Parasitism
(William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for ...)
William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for over 50 years at the Rockefeller University. Around the turn of this century, parasitology enjoyed a certain vogue, inspired by colonial responsibilities of the technically ad vanced countries, and by the exciting etiological and therapeutic discoveries of Ross, Manson, Ehrlich, and others. For some decades, the Western hemi sphere's interest in animal parasites has been eclipsed by concern for bacteria and viruses as agents of transmissible disease. Only very recently, initiatives like the Tropical Disease Research programs of WHO-World Bank-UNDP, and the Great Neglected Disease networks of the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations have begun to compensate for the neglect of these problems by United States federal health research agencies. Throughout that period, how ever, the Rockefeller Institute (later University) has given high priority to the challenges of parasitism, corresponding during a formidable period with Dr. Trager's own career. The present work then, is a distillation of the insight collected by our principal doyen of parasite biology, informed but by no means confined to his own research. It is addressed to the reader of broad biological interest and training, not to the specialist. The disarmingly unpretentious style makes the work readily accessible to college undergraduates or even to gifted high school students; but do not be deceived thereby, as it has an enormous range of factual information and theoretical insight, familiar to few, but potentially important to most biologists.
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Living Together: The Biology of Animal Parasitism
(William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for ...)
William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for over 50 years at the Rockefeller University. Around the turn of this century, parasitology enjoyed a certain vogue, inspired by colonial responsibilities of the technically ad vanced countries, and by the exciting etiological and therapeutic discoveries of Ross, Manson, Ehrlich, and others. For some decades, the Western hemi sphere's interest in animal parasites has been eclipsed by concern for bacteria and viruses as agents of transmissible disease. Only very recently, initiatives like the Tropical Disease Research programs of WHO-World Bank-UNDP, and the Great Neglected Disease networks of the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations have begun to compensate for the neglect of these problems by United States federal health research agencies. Throughout that period, how ever, the Rockefeller Institute (later University) has given high priority to the challenges of parasitism, corresponding during a formidable period with Dr. Trager's own career. The present work then, is a distillation of the insight collected by our principal doyen of parasite biology, informed but by no means confined to his own research. It is addressed to the reader of broad biological interest and training, not to the specialist. The disarmingly unpretentious style makes the work readily accessible to college undergraduates or even to gifted high school students; but do not be deceived thereby, as it has an enormous range of factual information and theoretical insight, familiar to few, but potentially important to most biologists.
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William Trager
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William Trager, American Biology educator. Served to captain Army of the United States, 1943-1945; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences; member National Academy Science, American Society Parasitologist (council 1956-1957, vice president 1973, president 1974), Society Protozoologists (president 1960-1961), American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (president 1978-1979, Le Prince medal 1991).
Education
Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1930. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rutgers University, 1965. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1931.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1933. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 1987.
Career
Fellow Rockefeller Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 1934—1935. Member faculty Rockefeller University, New York City, from 1935, associate professor, 1950—1964, professor biology, 1964—1981, professor emeritus, 1981—2005. Guest investigator West African Institute Trypanosomiasis Research, 1958—1959, Nigerian Institute Trypanosomiasis Research, 1973—1974.
Visiting professor Florida State University, 1962, University Puerto Rico Medical School, 1963, University Mexico Medical School, 1965. Member study section parasitology and tropical medicine National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1954—1958, 1967—1970, member training grant committee, 1961—1964, member microbiology and infectious diseases advisory committee, 1978—1979. Member malaria commission Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 1965—1973.
Member study group parasitic diseases Walter Reed Army Institute Research, 1977—1979. Chairman science advisory council Liberian Institute Tropical Medicine, 1965—1966. Rapporteur 6th, 7th Congresses Tropical Medicine.
President American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, 1966—1969. Member steering committee Malaria Immunology Group, World Health Organization, 1977—1980. Consultant World Health Organization, Bangkok, 1978, Panama, 79, Shanghai, 79.
Honorary president Asia and Pacific Conference on Malaria, 1985. Captain Army of the United States United States Army, 1943-1945.
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Living Together: The Biology of Animal Parasitism
(William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for ...)
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Living Together: The Biology of Animal Parasitism
(William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for ...)
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Living Together: The Biology of Animal Parasitism
Membership
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences. Member National Academy Science, American Society Parasitologist (council 1956-1957, vice president 1973, president 1974), Society Protozoologists (president 1960-1961), American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (president 1978-1979, Le Prince medal 1991).
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Married Ida Sosnow, June 16, 1935 (deceased ). Children: Leslie, Carolyn Burr, Lillian.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1930
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1965
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1931
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1933
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1987
Career
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1934 - 1935
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1950 - 1964
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Recipient Darling medal, World Health Organization, 1980, Leuckart medal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Parasitologie, 1982, First Rameshwardas Birla International award in Medicine, 1982, Manson medal, Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1986, Prince Mahidol award in Medical Science, 1994. Fellow, National Research Council, 1933-1934, Guggenheim Foundation, 1973-1974, Avivah Zuckerman fellow, Kuvin Center Infections and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University, 1982.Recipient Darling medal, World Health Organization, 1980, Leuckart medal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Parasitologie, 1982, First Rameshwardas Birla International award in Medicine, 1982, Manson medal, Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1986, Prince Mahidol award in Medical Science, 1994. Fellow, National Research Council, 1933-1934, Guggenheim Foundation, 1973-1974, Avivah Zuckerman fellow, Kuvin Center Infections and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University, 1982.