Van R. Potter
Born: August 27, 1911; South Dakota
Died: September 6, 2001; Madison, WI
Biography
Education BS (high honors), South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 1933 MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1936 PhD, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1938 (with Conrad A. Elvehjem) Positions- Jonathan Bowman Fellow in Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1940-1942
- Assistant Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1942-1945
- Associate Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin,1945-1947
- Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1947-1980
- Visiting Professor of Andean Biology, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1952-1953
- Assistant Director, McArdle Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, 1958-1972
- Leonardo Scholar, University of Wisconsin, 1973
- Hilldale Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1980-1982
- Hilldale Emeritus Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1982-2001
