Word: snyder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John C. Snyder, newly appointed Dean of the School, heads the group of University specialists who will work with the Aramco medical staff in Dhahram, Saudi Arabia. Aramco, sponsor of the project, will contribute funds at the rate of $100,000 annually...
Before succeeding General James S. Simmons as Dean, Dr. Snyder asked the Arabian-American Oil Company for the money and the use of its medical center in Dhahram. He expects to rely heavily on the new procedures for the cultivation of viruses which were perfected by Nobel prize winning doctors Weller, Enders, and Robbins...
Simmons reorganized the school after his appointment as Dean in 1946. Under his leadership the faculty and student body nearly tripled in size and the curriculum doubled. At his death he had a number of fund raising plans under consideration. Snyder said he was not in a position to comment on their continuation...
...Snyder, who is 44, has been a professor and head of the Department of Microbiology since 1946. A native of Salt Lake City and graduate of Stanford, he has studied typhus and related diseases extensively. During World War II he worked as a member of the United States Typhus Commission to control epidermic typhus fever in the Middle East and Italy. His laboratory research led to the discovery of the first chemotherapeutic agent which was effective in curing typhus and other rickettsial diseases...
After serving as typhus consultant for the American and French zones in Germany, Snyder studied the role of micro-organisms and insects in public health at the Rockefeller Foundation...