Robert Q. Marston

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Robert Q. Marston
Robert S. Stone
Personal details
Born(1923-02-12)February 12, 1923
Medical College of Virginia
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of Florida

Robert Quarles Marston (February 12, 1923 – March 14, 1999) was an American

degrees, he became a research scientist and medical professor. He served as the dean of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, the director of the National Institutes of Health, and the president of the University of Florida
.

Early life and education

He was born in

Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in Richmond, Virginia, he married Ann Carter Garnett in 1946.[1] Following his graduation from MCV with a doctor of medicine degree (M.D.) in 1947, he received a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.[1] While studying at Oxford's Lincoln College, Marston worked under Nobel Prize-winner Howard Florey, Norman Heatley and other scientists from the research team that developed penicillin as the first antibiotic, and graduated with a degree in research science.[1]

Scientist, administrator, educator

Robert Q. Marston

After completing his internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and a one-year residency at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, Marston joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a medical researcher with the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, examining the infectious after-effects of whole-body irradiation, from 1951 to 1953.[1] He finished his residency at MCV in 1954.[1]

The

practitioner" in the furtherance of his academic medical career.[1] Thereafter, he taught for three years on the MCV faculty, and lectured at the University of Minnesota's Medical School for a year as an assistant professor of bacteriology and immunology.[1] He rejoined MCV in 1959, as the assistant student affairs dean and an associate medical professor.[1]

Marston was chosen to be the dean of the

racial desegregation of Southern medical schools and teaching hospitals.[4] Later, in 1965, he was chosen to be the university's vice-chancellor.[5]

He rejoined the NIH in 1966, first as NIH associate director and the director of the fledgling Regional Medical Programs Division,

heart disease and stroke research.[5] Then, during an April 1968 internal reorganization of NIH, he was selected to be the new administrator of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration.[6] Only five months later, in September, Marston was chosen to be the NIH director.[6]

During his last year as the NIH director, Marston became embroiled in a funding controversy with the

Institute of Medicine named him as its inaugural distinguished fellow.[1]

In 1974, the

National Merit Scholars and National Achievement Scholars, and laying the organizational foundation for the University of Florida's eventual membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU).[7][8]

After retiring as the University of Florida president emeritus in 1984, Marston returned to the Virginia Military Institute as a distinguished scholar, and later served on VMI's governing

National Academy of Sciences, and served as the chairman of the Safety Advisory Committee for the Clean-Up of Three Mile Island.[7] He also accepted the chairmanship of the Florida Marine Fishery Commission, tasked with the governance of the state's saltwater fishing industry and guardianship of its resources.[7]

The Marston Science Library, named for Robert Q. Marston, the seventh president of the University of Florida (1974–84). The building was completed and occupied in 1987, and is the home of the university's collections in agriculture, biological sciences, chemical and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, and statistics.

As a well-known leader in several national medical organizations and university associations, Marston was elected leader of the

Wackenhut.[10]

Legacy

Marston is prominently remembered for his role in desegregating the University of Mississippi medical school, his stewardship of the National Institutes of Health,[11] and his advancement of the academic reputation and standing of the University of Florida.[12] In recognition of his prior work as a medical research scientist and his success in promoting the University of Florida as a major national research university, the Florida Legislature dedicated the university's new Marston Science Library in his name in 1987.[10][13]

Marston died in Gainesville, Florida, on March 14, 1999; he was 76 years old.[12] His daughter, two sons, and six grandchildren survived him.[12] His wife, Ann Carter Garnett Marston, died the previous year; they were married for fifty-one years.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l James W. McGuigan, M.D., "Robert Quarles Marston, M.D. 1923–1999," Transactions of the American Clinical & Climatological Association, vol. 116, p. lx (2005). Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  2. ^ Many reference resources mistakenly state Marston's VMI graduation year as 1943; VMI confirms that Marston graduated in 1944. See, e.g., Virginia Military Institute, "VMI Commencement Speakers 1900–2008." Retrieved February 13, 2010. Marston was honored by his alma mater as commencement speaker twice—in 1970 and 1985. Id.
  3. ^ Janis Quinn, Promises Kept: The University of Mississippi Medical Center, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, pp. 80–81 (2005). Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  4. ^ Quinn, Promises Kept, pp. 81–89. For a longer discussion of Marston's role in desegregating the Medical Center in the context of the politics and violence of the Civil Rights Movement and Mississippi's racial problems of the early 1960s, see Quinn, Promises Kept, Chapter 5, "Taking Down Barriers."
  5. ^ a b c d Quinn, Promises Kept, p. 89.
  6. ^ a b c National Institutes of Health, The NIH Almanac – Historical Data, NIH Directors, Robert Q. Marston Biographical Sketch. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g University of Florida, Past Presidents, Robert Q. Marston (1974–1984). Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  8. ^ The University of Florida became an AAU member in 1985, the year after Marston stepped down.
  9. ^ Fred Solomon and Robert Q. Marston, eds., The Medical Implications of Nuclear War, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (1986). Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  10. ^ a b c University of Florida Foundation, UF Named Facilities, Robert Marston Science Library. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  11. ^ "Robert Q. Marston Articles and Speeches 1964–1973". National Library of Medicine.
  12. ^ a b c d "Robert Q. Marston, 76, Dies; Directed Institutes of Health," The New York Times, Sec. B, p. 9 (March 16, 1999). Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  13. ^ See also University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries, Marston Science Library, About Us Archived December 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

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