Background
Christopherson, William Martin was born on July 2, 1916 in Salt Lake City. Son of George Walter and Myrtle (Jack) Christopherson.
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William Martin Christopherson
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Student, University Utah, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1942.
Career
Intern, Akron (Ohio) City Hospital, 1942-1943;
resident, Akron (Ohio) City Hospital, 1946-1948;
resident, U. Louisville Hospital, 1948-1949;
fellow pathology, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1949-1950;
member of faculty, U. Louisville Graduate School, since 1950;
professor pathology, U. Louisville Graduate School, since 1956;
department chairman, U. Louisville Graduate School, 1956-1974. Special consultant National Cancer Institute, bureau state service United States Public Health Service, advising committee cancer control program, 1963-1967. Consultant Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1956-1968, Louisville Veterans Administration Hospital.
Member panel experts on cancer World Health Organization. President, board directors Kentucky division American Cancer Society, since 1970. Member-at-large board directors National American Cancer Society, 1967-1972, Executive Committee, 1968-1970.
Member of council on pathology American Medical Association, 1970-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain Army of the United States., 1943-1946. Member American Society Cytology (president 1966-1967), American Association Cancer Education (president 1967-1968), Society Experimental Pathology, International Academy Pathology (president 1971-1972), Arthur Purdy Stout Society Surgical Pathology (president 1981-1982), International Academy Cytology, Pathol. Society Great Britain and Ireland, European Society Pathology, American Society Clinical Pathology, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Kathryn Donley, July 24, 1943. 1 son, George Walter.
