Zenon Steplewski
Oncologist, scholar
Born Sept. 27, 1929, Komorki, Poland; came to U.S., 1974; son of Wojciech and Karolina (Pawlik); married Maria (Obrocka); children: Beata, Andrzej.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.M.Sc.), 1960, Silesian Medical School, Zabrze (Poland); Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), Institute of Immunology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw (Poland), 1970.
Career: research assistant to senior assistant, Department of Histology and Embryology, Silesian Medical School, Zabrze, 1953-63; adjunct, 1963-66, department head, Tumor Virus Laboratory, 1969-73, Department of Tumor Biology, Institute of Oncology, Gliwice (Poland); exchange visitor scientist, 1966-69, associate scientist, 1973-77, associate prof., 1977-83, prof., 1984-92, Wistar Institute, prof., (microbiology and immunollogy), Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1992, - Philadelphia (PA).
Author: editor, Hybridoma, and Monoclonal Antibody; editorial board member, Journal of Immunotherapy, Selective Cancer Therapeutics, Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy, In Vivo, International Journal of In Vivo Research; over 200 scientific articles in professional journals.
Member of: European Association for Cancer Research; Advisory Committee on Immunology and Immunotherapy, American Cancer Society; Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee, National Cancer Institute; American Association of Cancer Research.
Honors: several awards, Polish Ministry of Health, and Polish scientific societies, 1970-73; numerous grants, National Cancer Institute, and American Cancer Society.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Home: 108 A Wells Road, Malvern, PA 19355.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.