CURRICULUM VITAE 
NAME: W. French Anderson, M.D. 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH : December 31, 1936; Tulsa, Oklahoma 
MARITAL STATUS : Married, 1961; no children 
EDUCATION : 
June 1954 - Graduated, Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
June 1958 - A.B., magna cum laude. Harvard College 
June 1960 - M.A., honors, Cambridge University (England) 
June 1963 - M.D., magna cum laude. Harvard Medical School 
BOARD CERTIFICATION: 1964, Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners 
BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT: 
1963 
1964 
1965 
1967 
1968 
1971 
1973 
1977 
1964 Intern, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 
Massachusetts (Straight Pediatric Medicine) 
1965 Postdoctoral Fellow, American Cancer Society, In the 
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Harvard 
Medical School 
1967 Research Associate (Surgeon, USPHS), Laboratory of 
Biochemical Genetics, NHI, NIH 
1968 Research Medical Officer, Laboratory of Biochemical 
Genetics, NHI, NIH 
1971 Head, Section on Human Biochemistry, Laboratory of 
Clinical Biochemistry, NHLI, NIH 
1973 Head, Section on Molecular Hematology, Molecular 
Disease Branch, NHLI, NIH 
1977 Chief, Molecular Hematology Branch, NHLBI. NIH 
Pres. Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Hematology. NHLBI, NIH 
MILITARY SERVICE: Commissioned Officer, U.S. Public Health Service, 
July 1965 to June 1967 
SOCIETIES: 
American Federation for Clinical Research 
American Society for Biological Chemists 
American Society for Clinical Investigation 
American Society of Hematology 
American Society of Human Genetics 
Association of American Physicians 
Peripatetic Club 
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