Kenneth Merle Brinkhous was a professor and chairperson in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
15 Facts About Kenneth Brinkhous
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Kenneth Brinkhous made the seminal discovery of antihemophilic factor and showed that it was lacking in hemophiliac patients.
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In 1946, Kenneth Brinkhous accepted the chairmanship of pathology at the University of North Carolina, and held that position until 1973.
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Kenneth Brinkhous developed a high quality of teaching and clinical service.
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Kenneth Brinkhous had a leading role in planning and implementing the pathology laboratories for the North Carolina Memorial Hospital that opened in 1952.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was influential in the development and staffing of an expanded medical school faculty at UNC, especially in its clinical departments.
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Kenneth Brinkhous's philosophy was that excellent teaching and clinical service required associated research programs of high quality.
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Kenneth Brinkhous developed a coagulation research program at UNC, which stressed team efforts between researchers who worked in concert but from different perspectives.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was an outstanding mentor, who combined friendship and personal concern with a demand for persistent, intense effort.
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Kenneth Brinkhous earned many honors, including honorary doctoral degrees from UNC and the University of Chicago; the O Max Gardner Award of the UNC Board of Governors; election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the National Academy of Sciences; and the Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Society of Pathologists, an organization he had served as President.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was the professor and chairman of pathology for UNC from 1946 to 1973, and he was appointed Alumni Distinguished Professor of Pathology in 1961.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was the recipient of the Ward Burdick Award from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists in 1941 and 1963, the Murray Thelin Award from the National Hemophilia Foundation in 1972, and among several others, the Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathologists in 1981.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was the professor and chairman of pathology for UNC from 1946 to 1973, and he was appointed Alumni Distinguished Professor of Pathology in 1961.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was the recipient of the Ward Burdick Award from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists in 1941 and 1963, the Murray Thelin Award from the National Hemophilia Foundation in 1972, and among several others, the Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathologists in 1981.
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Kenneth Brinkhous was married for 64 years to his wife, Frances.