Erik Waaler
Erik Waaler (22 February 1903 – 3 March 1997) was a Norwegian professor of medicine.
He was born in Hamar as a son of physician Per Waaler (1866–1923) and musician Fredrikke Amalie Holtemann Rynning (1865–1952). He was a brother of Georg and Rolf Waaler and uncle of Bjarne Waaler. In November 1929 he married Esther Fasmer Dahl (1905–1994), a daughter of priest and composer Alf Fasmer Dahl and sister of Titt Fasmer Dahl.[1]
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He was hired at the Gade Institute in Bergen in 1941, and later served as a professor of pathology at the University of Bergen from 1948 to his retirement in 1971.[1] He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1948 to 1951 and rector from 1954 to 1960.[2] He also co-founded the Armauer Hansen Research Institute in Addis Ababa.[1]
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1947 and the Selskapet til Vitenskapenes Fremme from 1952. He was decorated as a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1959 and promoted to Commander in 1973.[1] He was an honorary member of the Norwegian Rheumatism Association, the American Rheumatism Association from 1962, the Finnish Medical Society from 1960.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Larsen, Øivind. "Erik Waaler". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Waaler, Erik". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 603. Retrieved 9 July 2012.