Distinguished Achievement Awardee 2004

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Distinguished Achievement Awardee 2004

• Prof. Anton E. Becker Academic Medical Center,
• University of Amsterdam

Presentation Gaetano Thiene, SCVP President
USCAP 2004 Vancouver BC, Canada March 6-12, 2004
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Ton Becker Biographic Notes (1/2)

• 1939 Born in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
• 1956 Moved to Netherlands to complete college
• Medical Education at the University of
  Amsterdam, with internship in Anatomy and in
  Pathology
  
• 1966 PhD thesis and graduation in Medicine
• 1963 Married Mies Bloemkolk, his fellow medical
  student
  
• 1966-1968 Resident in Pathology Wilhelmina
  Gasthuis University Hospital
  
• 1969-1970 Training in Cardiovascular Pathology,
  St. Paul, Minnesota with Jesse E. Edwards

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Ton Becker Biographic Notes (2/2)

• 1972 Associate Professor of Pathology,
  University of Amsterdam
  
• 1979-1982 Dean of the Faculty, first term
• 1982 Full Professor of Pathology
• 1983-1991 Head of the Department of Pathology,
  Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
  
• 1989-1991 Dean of the Faculty, second term
• 1991-2004 Professor and Head, Cardiovascular
  Pathology Department

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Ton Becker Scientific Achievements

• (Co)author of 360 peer reviewed articles
• 175 chapters
• 19 books
• Awards 2001, Royal decoration Ridder in de
  Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
  
• 2004, SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award
• Societies 1979 Founder, WG Embryology
  Teratology,
  
• European Society of Cardiology
• 1988 Chairman, WG Developmental Anatomy
  Pathology,
  
• European Society of Cardiology
• 1994 Founder, European School for
  Cardiovascular Pathology
  
• 2000-2004 President, Association for European
  Cardiovascular Pathology

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