Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.
Biographical
| Born: Burlingame, Kansas, November 19, 1915 |
| Married: 1963 |
| Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters |
| Education |
| B.S. Washburn College, 1937 |
| M.D. Washington University, School of Medicine 1942, St. Louis |
| Professional Experience |
| Interneship, Barnes Hospital, 1942 |
| Assistant in Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Washington University 1940-42 |
| Instructor in Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Washington University 1945-46 |
| Instructor in Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Washington University 1946-50 |
| Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Washington University 1950-52 |
| Associate Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Washington University 1952-53 |
| Professor Pharmacology and Director of the Department, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1953-63 |
| Professor of Physiology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn., 1963- present |
| Career Investigator – American Heart Association 1967 |
| Memberships |
| American Society of Biological Chemists |
| American Chemical Society |
| American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
| AAAS |
| Sigma Xi |
| Alpha Omega Alpha |
| National Academy of Sciences |
| Editorial Board |
| Biochemical Preparations, 1951-56 |
| Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1957-58 |
| Panel of Metabolism, Section on Biochemistry of the Committee on Growth (Nat. Res. Council) 1953-54 |
| Study Section (Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics) Public Health Service, 1954-58 |
| Member, National Institutes of Health Pharmacology Training Committee 1958-62, 1963-65 |
| Member, National Institutes of Health Arthritis and Metabolic Disease Program Committee 1966- |
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Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. died on 9 March 1974.
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