Curriculum Vitae

Name

Hilary Koprowski

Date and Place of Birth:

December 6, 1915 in Warsaw, Poland

Educational and Honorary Degrees

Degree	Institution	Year
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)	Faculty of Medicine, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.	1939
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa	Ludwig- Maximilian University, Munich, Germany	1975
Doctor of Science	Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania	1979
Doctor of Humane Letters	Holy Family College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1979
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery Honoris Causa	University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland	1981
Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa	University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden	1983
Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa	Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1986
Doctor of Medical Science Honoris Causa	Academy of Medicine, University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland	1989
Medical Faculty Honorary Fellowship Award	University College Dublin, Ireland	1997
Doctor of Medical Science Honoris Causa	Academy of Medicine, Poznan, Poland	1998
Doctor of Honoris Causa	Academy of Medicine in Warsaw, Poland	2000

Recent Foreign Decorations

Award	Awarded by	Year
Nicolaus Copernicus Medal	The Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland	1989
San Marino Award for Medicine	Republic of San Marino	1989
Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland	President of the Republic of Finland	1995
Chevalier Legion d’Honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour)	President of the French Republic	1997
Great Order of Merit with the Star	President of Poland	1998

Recent Prizes and Awards

Award	Awarded by	Year
The Philadelphia Award	Edward W. Bok Trust Fund	1989
The John Scott Award	City of Philadelphia	1990
Honorary Trustee	The Kosciuszko Foundation	1993
Disability Awareness Award	Inglis House	1997
Great Order of Merit with the Star	President of Poland	1998

Positions Held

Position and Department	Institution	Years
Research Assistant, Department of Experimental Pathology	University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland	1936-39
Research Associate, Yellow Fever Research Service	Rockefeller Foundation and Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1940-44
Research Associate, Section of Viral and Rickettsial Research	Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York	1944-46
Assistant Director, Section of Viral and Rickettsial Research	Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York	1946-57
Director and Institute Professor	The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1957-91
Wistar Professor of Research Medicine	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1957-
Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1957-
Institute Professor	The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1991-93
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology	Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1992-
Director, Center of Neurovirology and Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories	Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1992-
President	Biotechnology Foundation, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1992-
Professor Laureate	The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1993-

Scientific Societies and Organizations

Position	Organization/Society	Years
Consultant	World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.	1950
Member, Microbiology Study Section and Virology and Rickettsiology Study Section	National Institutes of Health, U.S.P.H.S.	1950-60
Member	National Research Council	1963
Chairman	U.S. Public Health Service Mission to U.S.S.R. on Latent Infections, Chronic Intoxications and Genetic Disorders of the Nervous System of Man and Animals	1964
Member	Committee on Tissue Transplantation, Division of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences,	1959-65
Member, Advisory Council	Department of Biology, Princeton University	1962-70
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee	Pan American Foot-and Mouth Disease Center and Pan American Zoonoses Center, Pan American Health Organization	1967
Member, Advisory Committee on Research on the Etiology, Diagnosis, National History, Prevention and Therapy of Multiple Sclerosis.	National Multiple Sclerosis Society	1970-78
Member, Advisory Immunobiology Committee	National Institutes of Health, U.S.P.H.S.	1975-76
Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, Division of Cancer Etiology	National Cancer Institute	1982-86
Member, Biological Response Modifiers Program, Decision Network Committee	National Institutes of Health, U.S.P.H.S.	1985-87
Chairman, Board of Scientific Counselors, Division of Cancer Etiology	National Cancer Institute	1987-90
Member, Scientific Advisory Board	Institute of Human Virology	1997
Member, Scientific Advisory Board	Cure Autism Now Foundation, Los Angeles, California	1997

Awarded Memberships

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

National Academy of Sciences

Foreign Member, Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences

Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Sciences

Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Fellow, The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, Inc.

Foreign Member, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Section of Biosciences

Fellowships

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

New York Academy of Medicine

New York Academy of Sciences (President, 1959)

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Foreign Fellowships

Position	Institution	Years
Fulbright Scholar	Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Germany	1971-72
Alexander von Humboldt Professor	Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, Martinsreid, Munich, Germany	1974
Fellow	Rockefeller Foundation, Belaggio, Italy	1993

MEMBER OF 14 VARIOUS LEARNED SOCIETIES

AUTHORED OVER 875 PUBLISHED PAPERS IN VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS.

HAS HELD EDITORIAL POSITIONS ON NUMEROUS JOURNALS FROM 1955 TO PRESENT