F. William Sunderman

Frederick William Sunderman (October 23, 1898 – March 9, 2003) was an American physician and scientist who worked in the fields of

Sunderman taught at several medical schools, including the

Early life and education

Sunderman was born on October 23, 1898, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to William August Sunderman and Elizabeth Lehr Sunderman. He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Gettysburg College in 1919 and went on to pursue an MD at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1923. He completed his internship at Pennsylvania Hospital and undertook a fellowship in research medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained an MS and PhD from Pennsylvania in 1927 and 1929 respectively.^[1][2]

Career

In 1925, Sunderman began working as an instructor at the

Sunderman had three children with his first wife, Clara Louise Bailey. Two of their children died at a young age. The other, Frederick William Sunderman Jr., became an accomplished pathologist.^[2][12] Clara died in 1972, and Sunderman remarried to Martha Lee Biscoe in 1980.^[2] The couple remained together until Martha's death in 1998.^[13]

Sunderman had a lifelong interest in music and was a skilled violinist. He began studying violin as a young child, and headed a band named "Sunderman's Jazzarina" in college. In 1992, he performed a duet with his son Frederick Jr. at

In addition to his scientific works, Sunderman published books on music, travel, and photography, as well as an autobiography titled A Time To Remember.[9]

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