Homburger, Freddy.

  1. Homburger, Freddy.
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1916, Feb. 8 Born, Saint Gall, Switzerland 1934 Entered medical section, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 1936 1937 Attended University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 1939 Married Regina Thurlimann 1941 Received doctor of medicine degree, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Came to the United States 1941 1943 Research fellow, intern in pathology, Yale Medical School and New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 1943 1944 Served as neutral Swiss member of the Red Cross Mixed Medical Commisssion in the United States 1943 1945 Intern in medicine and research fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School and Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Mass. 1945 1948 Fellow in medicine, Memorial Hospital, New York, N.Y. 1946 1948 Chief, Department of Clinical Investigation, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and instructor of medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y. 1948 1957 Research professor of medicine, Department of Surgery, and director of Cancer Research and Control Unit, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. 1952 Became naturalized American citizen 1953 Held first professional one-man art show, Carstairs Gallery, New York, N.Y. 1955 Published Medical Care of the Aged and Chronically Ill. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 1957 Published The Biologic Basis of Cancer Management. New York: Hoeber-Harper 1957 1984 Founder and president, Bio-Research Institute, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 1964 1986 Served as honorary consul of Switzerland in Boston, Mass. 1984 Semiretired research professor in pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. Toxicology consultant 2001, Sept. 25 Died, Cambridge, Mass.

From the guide to the Freddy Homburger Papers, 1926-1990, (bulk 1941-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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