Background
Zukel, William John was born on June 8, 1922 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Anthony and Mary (Wendolowska) Zukel.
Zukel, William John was born on June 8, 1922 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Anthony and Mary (Wendolowska) Zukel.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts State College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1947. Postgraduate, Harvard Medical School, 1953.
Department of Public Health, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1961. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Puerto Rico, 1985.
Intern and resident Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, 1947-1950. Medical officer charge Newton Heart Program, United States Public Health Service, 1950-1951, acting chief of heart disease control program, 1952. Postgraduate assistant cardiovascular diseases Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1952-1953.
Assistant medicine Albany (New York ) Medical College. Also fellow cardiology New York State Health Department, 1953-1955. Chief operations research section heart disease control program United States Public Health Service, 1955-1957.
Assistant director National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1957-1958. Assistant for program Office Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, 1958-1960. With National Heart Institute, 1960-1969, associate director collaborative studies, 1962-1967, associate director for epidemiology and biometry, 1967-1969.
Associate director for clinical applications and prevention, division heart and vascular diseases National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1969-1979, associate director for program coordination and planning, 1979-1981, associate director for science programs, 1981-1984, deputy director, since 1984. Associate clinical professor epidemiology and environmental health George Washington University School Medicine, 1963-1977.
Member American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Heart Association, American Public Health Association, Association Military Surgeons, American College Cardiology.
Married Marjorie Cantoni on, April 21, 1963.