Background
Thurlbeck, William Michael was born on September 7, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of William and Enid Muriel (Mears) Thurlbeck.
Thurlbeck, William Michael was born on September 7, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of William and Enid Muriel (Mears) Thurlbeck.
Bachelor of Science, University Cape Town, 1951. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University Cape Town, 1953.
Intern, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, 1955;
research fellow resident in pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, 1955-1961;
assistant professor to professor pathology, McGill University, 1961-1973;
senior investigator, Midhurst Medical Research Institute and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, England, 1973-1975;
professor pathology, head, U. Manitoba and Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, 1975-1980;
professor pathology, U. B.C., since 1981;
associate dean research and graduate studies, U. B.C., since 1981;
pathologist Children's Hospital, U. B.C., since 1985;
acting head medical microbiology, U. B.C., since 1992. Examiner in pathology Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada, 1964-1970. Member McGill Interdisciplinary Committee on Air Pollution, 1967-1973.
Consultant Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco. Pulmonary diseases advising committee National Heart and Lung Institute, 1971-1974. Task force research planning in environmental health science National Institutes of Health, member respiration and applied physiology study section, since 1981.
Advisory fellow Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Pittsburgh, 1967-1971, Paul Dudley White fellow in cardiology, 1960-1961. Medical Research Council visiting scientist Oxford (England) University, 1970-1971. Schering travelling fellow Canadian Society Clinical Investigation, 1971.
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Fellow Royal College Physicians, Royal College Pathologists, American College Chest Physicians (medalist), Royal College Pathology. Member American Association Pathologists, International Academy Pathology, Pathological Society Great Britain and Ireland, Canadian Society Clinical Investigation, American Thoracic Society, Fleischner Society Clubs: Rondebosch Old Boys, Pluto.
Married Elizabeth Anne Tippett, October 28, 1955. Children– Sarah Margaret, David William, Alison Mary.