Background
Looney, William Boyd was born on March 18, 1922 in Clinchfield, Virginia, United States. Son of Isaac H. and Lucille L. (Boyd) Looney.
Looney, William Boyd was born on March 18, 1922 in Clinchfield, Virginia, United States. Son of Isaac H. and Lucille L. (Boyd) Looney.
Bachelor of Science, Emory and Henry College, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Virginia, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1960.
Doctor of Science, Emory and Henry College, 1978.
Intern, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1948-1949;
assistant resident, internal medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1949-1950;
assistant in medicine, University of Chicago, 1950-1952;
clinical and research fellow in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1955-1957;
special United States Public Health Service fellow, National Cancer Institute-Cambridge (England) University, 1957-1959;
assistant professor radiobiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1959-1960;
assistant professor to full professor radiobiology & biophysics, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, since 1961;
director division of radiobiology and biophysics, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, since 1968. Fellow in the medical science National Research Council, Argonne National Laboratory, 1950-1952. Assistant director in charge of research Radioisotope Laboratory, United States Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1952-1955.
Visiting research fellow in physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1955-1957. Member Executive Committee Interdisciplinary Program in Biophysics, Graduate School Arts and Sciences, University VA., 1965-1978. Member Executive Committee Division Cancer Studies, University Virginia School Medicine, 1970-1976.
Many other activities.
Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Association for Cancer Research, American Society for Cell Biology, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Society Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Biophysical Society, Cell Kinetic Society, Radiation Research Society, Medical Society Virginia, Albemarle County Medical Society, American Men of Science, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Faris, May 21, 1955. Children: William Boyd II, James Patrick.