23 Facts About Hubertus Strughold

Hubertus Strughold was a German-born physiologist and medical researcher.

Hubertus Strughold was born in the town of Westtunnen-im-Hamm, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, on June 15,1898.

Hubertus Strughold was the son of the elementary school principal Ferdinand Hubertus Strughold and his wife Anna, nee Tillmann.

In 1928 Hubertus Strughold traveled to the United States as part of a two year research fellowship sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Hubertus Strughold returned to Germany in late-1929 and resumed teaching at the Wurzburg Physiological Institute, eventually becoming a full professor in March 1933.

In 1935 Hubertus Strughold joined the faculty of the Institute of Physiology at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin.

Hubertus Strughold was commissioned as an officer in the German Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of Colonel.

Hubertus Strughold was elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1941.

In early-1944 Hubertus Strughold was named Aviation Medical Consultant to the newly-appointed Chief of the Luftwaffe Medical Service, Generaloberst Oskar Schroder.

Hubertus Strughold was never subsequently charged with any wrongdoing by the Allies.

In October 1945 Hubertus Strughold returned to academia, becoming director of the Physiological Institute at Heidelberg University.

Hubertus Strughold began working on behalf of the US Army Air Force, becoming Chief Scientist of its Aeromedical Center, which was located on the campus of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research.

Hubertus Strughold coined the terms "space medicine" and "astrobiology" to describe this area of study in 1948.

Hubertus Strughold first described "Mars jars", containers that simulate the atmosphere of Mars, that have now become an essential tool in astrobiological research.

Hubertus Strughold obtained US citizenship in July 1956 and the following year was named Adviser for Research to the newly-established Aerospace Medical Center at Brooks Air Force Base and would later take over as Chairman of the Center's Advanced Studies Group in 1960.

Hubertus Strughold was next appointed Chief Scientist of the Aerospace Medical Division of US Air Force Systems Command in February 1962.

Hubertus Strughold directed the training of the flight surgeons and medical staff of the Apollo program in advance of the planned mission to the Moon.

Hubertus Strughold retired from his position with the US Air Force in 1968 but continued to serve as an honorary consultant to the AMD.

In March 1971, Hubertus Strughold married Mary Webb Delahite, who was 16 years his junior and whom he had met in 1959 at a mutual friend's birthday party.

Hubertus Strughold died at his ranch outside of San Antonio on September 25,1986, at the age of 88.

The move was met with opposition from defenders of Hubertus Strughold, citing his many notable contributions to the American space program and the lack of any formal proof of his direct involvement in war crimes.

The Hubertus Strughold Award was established by the Space Medicine Branch, known today as the Space Medicine Association, a member organization of the Aerospace Medical Association.

In 1962 the Award was established in honor of Dr Hubertus Strughold, known as "The Father of Space Medicine".