Henry Metzger, M.D.

Henry Metzger

 Brief Bio

Henry Metzger (1932–2018) was a scientist emeritus of the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) at the National Institutes of Health and was formerly chief of the Section on Chemical Immunology and scientific director of the Intramural Research Program at the NIAMS. Dr. Metzger was president of The American Association of Immunologists from 1991 to 1992, secretary-treasurer from 1970 to 1986, and served on the AAI Council from 1986 to 1993. He was awarded the AAI Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 and the AAI Distinguished Service Award in 1986.

 Oral History - Full Interview

 

Interview Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Chevy Chase, MD

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 AAI Service History

Joined: 1965
President: 1991–1992
Vice President: 1990–1991
Councillor: 1986–1990
Secretary-Treasurer: 1970–1986

The Journal of Immunology
Section Editor, 1974–1977 (Immunochemistry)
Committees
Program Committee: 1970–1974 (chair), 1975–1986
First International Congress of Immunology Organizing Committee: 1970–1972
Long Range Planning Committee: 1970–1971
IUIS Advisory Committee: 1974–1977 (chair)
Delegates to IUIS Assembly: 1977–1982

Other Service
AAI Representative to the American Society of International Medicine: 1970–1971
AAI Representative to the FASEB Executive Officers Advisory Committee: 1970–1979
AAI Representative to IUIS: 1971–1974
AAI Representative to the FASEB Program Committee: 1972–1974, 1975–1977, 1978–1986
AAI Representative to the FASEB Federation Board: 1974–1975, 1990–1992
AAI Representative to the IUIS Council: 1975–1977
AAI Representative to the FASEB Public Affairs Committee: 1976–1979
AAI Representative on IUIS General Assembly: 1983–1986

 President's Address

"Transmembrane Signaling: The Joy of Aggregation," Delivered 1992  

The Journal of Immunology 149, no. 5 (1992): 1477–87.

 Awards and Honors

 Institutional/Biographical Links

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