William Leo Nastuk

Background

Nastuk, William Leo was born on June 17, 1917 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Mary (Tulchak) Nastuk.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, 1945.

Career

Member faculty, Columbia, 1945-1986; professor physiology, Columbia, 1960-1986; also director Bioengring. Institute, Columbia, 1974-1978. Consultant United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1960-1966.

Achievements

• William Leo Nastuk has been listed as a noteworthy physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science advisory board Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, 1963-1986. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Physiological Society (travel award 1950), Society for Neurosci., Biophysics Society, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Ruth Alden Lester, April 1, 1950. Children: William Lester, John Andrew, Mary Alden.

Father:

William Nastuk

Mother:

Mary (Tulchak) Nastuk

Spouse:

Ruth Alden Lester

child:

John Andrew Nastuk

child:

Mary Alden Nastuk

child:

William Lester Nastuk