Background
Lotspeich, William Douglas was born on May 30, 1920 in Cincinnati. Son of Claude Meek and Helen Wilson (Gibbons) Lotspeich.
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William Douglas Lotspeich
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Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1944.
Career
Intern New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, 1944-1945. Instructor physiology Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1945-1946. Instructor, assistant professor Syracuse University, 1946-1951, scholar in medical science of John and Mary Markle Foundation of New York, 1948-1952.
Visiting research fellow biochemistry University of Oxford, England, 1949-1951. Joseph Eichberg professor, department chairman physiology U. Cincinnati, 1951-1959. Professor, department chairman of physiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, 1959-1967.
Executive secretary designate American Friends Service Committee, 1967-1968. Visiting professor U. Lagos (Nigeria) Medical School, 1962.
Membership
Member physiological study section National Institutions of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1955-1960. Member Mayor’s Friendly Relations Committee, Cincinnati, 1954-1959, American Friend’s Service Committee, 1951-1968, advisory council Life Insurance Medical. Member board trustees Wilmington College, 1959-1960.
Member American, British physiological societies, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Delta Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi. Member Society Friends. Clubs: Pundit (Rochester).
Connections
Married Sylvia Howard Taft, June 13, 1942. Children: Sylvia, Charles, Stephen.
