Background
Scherer, William Franklin was born on August 2, 1925 in Buffalo. Son of William F. and Helen (Seymour) Scherer.
Scherer, William Franklin was born on August 2, 1925 in Buffalo. Son of William F. and Helen (Seymour) Scherer.
Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1947.
Intern internal medicine Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, 1947-1948. Intern pathology Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1948-1949. Assistant resident internal medicine Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1949-1950.
From instructor to professor microbiology University of Minnesota, 1950-1962.
Professor microbiology Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City from 1962, department chairman, from 1962. Director committee viral infection Armed Forced Epidemiology Board, 1965-1972.
Chairman of the Board science counsellors National Institute Allergy and Infectious Disease, 1966-1968.
Member Society Experimental Biology, Society Tropical Medicine, Association Bacteriologists and Pathologists, Association Immunologists, American Academy Microbiology, Epidemiological Society, Society Cell Biology, Society Microbiology, Infectious Disease Society Discoverer of poliovirus growth in HeLa human cancer cells.
Married Janice Spicer, August 10, 1946. Children: Judith, John, Robert.