Van R. Potter

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

Memorial Resolution: https://mcardle.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/554/2025/05/Potter_MemorialResolution.pdf

Obituary: https://mcardle.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/554/2025/05/PotterObituary.pdf

In Memoriam in Cancer Research by James E. Trosko and Henry C. Pitot: In Memoriam | Cancer Research | American Association for Cancer Research

Oral History: [Oral History Program interview with Van Rensselaer Potter, 1983] – Catalog – UW-Madison Libraries

Pub Med: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=potter+v+r+madison

The Rebirth of Bioethics: A Tribute to Van Rensselaer Potter by Peter J. Whitehouse: https://doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2001.10800813

See also: “Van Rensselaer Potter and His Place in the History of Bioethics” by Amir Mazur and Iva Rincic.