The Most Influential Scientists in the Development of Medical Informatics (24): Eugene Ackerman (1920-2014)

Eugene Ackerman (1920-2014), PhD, FACMI, Emeritus Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota (1-4). He studied Physics at Swarthmore College and Brown University, where he met and married Dorothy Hopkirk in 1943. His studies were interrupted by serving as a Conscie...

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Published in:Acta informatica medica 2019-06, Vol.27 (2), p.143-144
Main Author: Masic, Izet
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biophysics
Conscientious objectors
Laboratories
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Summary:Eugene Ackerman (1920-2014), PhD, FACMI, Emeritus Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota (1-4). He studied Physics at Swarthmore College and Brown University, where he met and married Dorothy Hopkirk in 1943. His studies were interrupted by serving as a Conscientious Objector during World War II. After completion of a doctoral degree in Biophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he joined the Physics faculty at Pennsylvania State University, with several sabbaticals at the University of Pennsylvania in the Biophysics laboratory of Dr. Britton Chance.
ISSN:0353-8109
1986-5988
DOI:10.5455/aim.2019.27.143-144