Biography of John W. Gofman, M.D., Ph. D.


Education
A.B. Chemistry, Oberlin College, 1939
Ph.D. Nuclear Chemistry, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1943
M.D., School of Medicine, Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, 1946
Internship in Internal Med., Univ. of Calif. Hosp., San Francisco, 1946 - 47

Positions
Academic appointment, Div. of Medical Physics, Dept. of Physics, U.C.
  Berkeley, 1947; advancement to Full Professor, 1954; Emeritus, 1973.
Concurrent appointment (1947 on), Instructor or Lecturer in Medicine,
  Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Calif., San Francisco.
Medical Director, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1954 - 1957; Associate
  Director, 1963 - 1969.
Founder and First Director, Biomedical Research Division, Lawrence
  Livermore Laboratory, 1963 - 1965.
Chairman, Committee for Nuclear Responsibility (current)

Honors and Awards
Gold-Headed Cane Award, 1946, to graduating senior for qualities as a
  physician, U.C. Medical School
Modern Medicine Award, 1954, for outstanding contributions to heart
  disease research
Lyman Duff Lectureship Award (Amer. Heart Assoc.), for research in
  atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease
Stouffer Prize, 1972, for outstanding research contributions in
  arteriosclerosis
One of the 25 Leading Cardiologist Researchers of the Past Quarter-
  Century
, American College of Cardiology, 1974

Patents
* Discovery of Fissionability of Uranium - 233
* Two Processes for Isolation of Plutonium

Books Published
What We Do Know About Heart Attacks
Dietary Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disease
(with A.V. Nichois
  and V. Dobbin)
Coronary Heart Disease
Population Control though Nuclear Pollution
(with A. Tamplin)
Poisoned Power: The Case Against Nuclear Power (with A. Tamplin

Other Publications
Approximately 150 scientific articles encompassing the following fields:
* Lipoproteins, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease
* Trace elements by X - ray spectroscopy
* Chromosomes and cancer
* Medical effects of ionizing radiation
* Nuclear power, the hazards of plutonium and other sources of
  ionizing radiation

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