Benjamin J. Clawson

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Benjamin J. Clawson (also Benjamin Junior Clawson , BJ Clawson , born January 9, 1881 in Dixonville , Indiana County , Pennsylvania , United States ; † July 25, 1977 in Stockton , San Joaquin County , California , United States) was a US American pathologist .

Life

Family and education

The out of the US state located Pennsylvania Unincorporated Community native Dixonville Benjamin J. Clawson, son of Andrew Bingham Clawson and Martha Jane Volvin Clawson, studied after high school Accounts at the University of Kansas , 1909, he acquired the academic degree a Bachelor of Science , 1911 a Master of Arts . He then devoted himself to studying medicine at Rush Medical College , and in 1917 he received his doctorate in medicine . In 1919 he received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago .

The staunch Republican supporter Benjamin J. Clawson married Vera M. Jennings on June 22, 1911. He died in Stockton, California, in July 1977 at the age of 96.

Professional background

Benjamin J. Clawson took up a position as Assistant Professor of Pathology at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M) in Stillwater in 1911 , in 1912 he moved to the University of Kansas in Lawrence as an Instructor in Pathology , and in 1915 he was appointed Assistant Professor, 1917 he resigned. After a two-year position as an instructor in Pathology at the University of Chicago, he followed a call as Professor of Pathology at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks . In 1921 Benjamin J. Clawson moved to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis as Assistant Professor of Pathology , in 1925 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1930 to Full Professor. Benjamin J. Clawson retired on June 15, 1949 .

The renowned pathologist Benjamin J. Clawson published numerous articles in specialist journals, particularly on the area of heart disease . He was a member of the Society of American Bacteriologists, the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, the International Society of Medical Museums, the American Association for Cancer Research , the Minnesota Society of Pathologists, and the Sigma Xi Scientific Association .

Fonts

  • Histology of Janusia gracilis. in: University of Kansas science bulletin, Volume 7, Issue 8. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 1913
  • Preliminary report on the production of hidrocyanic acid by bacteria. in: Journal of Biological Chemistry. Volume 15. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baltimore, etc., 1913, pp. 419-422.
  • Varieties of streptococci with special reference to constancy: a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Ogden Graduate School of Science in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Ph. D. University of Chicago 1919. in: Journal of Infectious Diseases. Volume 26, Issue 2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1920
  • Studies on the Etiology of Acute Rheumatic Fever. in: Journal of Infectious Diseases. Volume 36, Issue 5. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1925, pp. 444-456.
  • The Destruction of Tubercle Bacilli within Phagocytes In Vitro. in: Journal of Infectious Diseases. Volume 58, Issue 1. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1936, pp. 64-69.
  • Incidence of types of heart disease among 30,265 autopsies, with special reference to age and sex. In: American Heart Association: American Heart Journal. Volume 22, Issue 5. Published by Mosby, Inc., St. Louis, 1941, pp. 607-624.
  • with ET Bell, George E. Fahr: Hypertension: a symposium held at the University of Minnesota on September 18,19 and 20, 1950, in honor of Elexious T. Bell, Benjamin J. Clawson, and George E. Fahr. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1951

literature

  • Library of Congress. Copyright Office .: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1951. US Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington, 1952, p. 212.
  • Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. : Volume 28 (1954-1955), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 497.
  • Who was who in America: with world notables: Volume VI, 1974-1976. Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1976, p. 80.
personal data
SURNAME Clawson, Benjamin J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clawson, Benjamin junior (full name); Clawson, BJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Dixonville , Indiana County , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1977
Place of death Stockton , San Joaquin County , California , United States