University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Van R. Potter

Born: August 27, 1911; South Dakota
Died: September 6, 2001; Madison, WI

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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
Memorial Resolution: https://mcardle.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/781/2025/05/Potter_MemorialResolution.pdf Obituary: https://mcardle.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/781/2025/05/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.