Buskirk, Elsworth

Biography

Elsworth R. Buskirk was born on August 11, 1929. He received a B.A. in biology and physical education from St. Olaf College, a master's degree in physical education from the University of Minnesota, and, in 1954, a Ph.D. in physiology, also from the University of Minnesota. After completing his Ph.D., Buskirk worked as chief of the Environmental Physiology Section at the Quartermaster Research and Development Center in Natick, Massachusetts. From 1957 to 1963, he held the position of research physiologist at the National Institutes of Health, and, in 1963, he became a faculty member in the Department of Physiology at the Pennsylvania State University.

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