Luft, U. C. (Ulrich C.)

Research physiologist, physician, and authority in the fields of lung physiology and acclimatization to high altitude. Luft was a member of the 1937 and 1938 German expeditions to Nanga Parbat in the Himalayan Mountains. He served as chief of the Dept. of Aviation Physiology at the Aero-Medical Research Institute in Berlin. Luft entered the U.S. in 1947 as part of the "Operation Paperclip" recruitment program. He served as head of the Dept. of Physiology at the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas, and at the Lovelace Medical Foundation in New Mexico.

From the description of Ulrich Cameron Luft papers, 1907-1991. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 40690062

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