Daniels, Farrington Jr,

Photobiologist, Professor of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.

From the description of Papers, 1966-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122575298

Daniels Jr. (1918-2002) was born in Worcester (Massachusetts) and grew up in Nakoma (Wisconsin).

The son of a well-known chemist at the University of Wisconsin, Daniels received his B.A. from UW-Madison in 1940. He attended the University of Wisconsin Medical School for two years before transferring to Harvard Medical School, graduating with the accelerated wartime medical class of 1943B. After an internship at the New York Hospital, Daniels was commissioned first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps. He spent the war years treating wounded servicemen at Lawson Hospital in Atlanta (Georgia). In 1946, he served as a medical officer in the Philippines. Daniels left the service in 1947 with the rank of Captain. After the war, he finished his medical residency through Cornell University. Daniels married Alice Monroe, a nurse, in 1948 and received a Nutrition Fellowship at Harvard School of Public Health in 1949. From 1950 to 1955, he worked as a civilian researcher for the Army Quartermaster doing human engineering and applied medical research. During and after the Korean War, Daniels researched extreme heat and cold tolerance, the impact of UV radiation on skin, impermeable boots, and backpack weight distribution. The boots he tested dramatically reduced cases of frostbite among soldiers serving in Korea. After his service with the Quartermaster, Daniels taught dermatology at the University of Oregon (1955-1961) and the University of Illinois Medical College (1961) before becoming head of the Dermatology Division at Cornell University Medical College (1962-1984). In 1984, Daniels retired to Madison (Wisconsin) and was appointed a visiting emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin. Daniels was also an avid photographer and amateur filmmaker; home-movies from his service during World War II and the Korean War are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

From the description of Oral history interview with Farrington Daniels, Jr., [sound recording], 1995. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 613997357