Walter J. Frajola, Ph.D.

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EDUCATION

1933-35 Virginia Junior College   Virginia, MN  Assoc. Sci.  Chemistry
1936-38 Hamline University, St. Paul, MN B.S. cum laude
1937-38  Batchelder Memorial Scholarship 1938
1940-41 U. of Minnesota summers Minneapolis. MN  biochemistry and organic chemistry
1946-50 U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL grad. teaching assistant. MS 1947 Ph.D. 1950
1954 Mass. Inst. Tech. Boston, MA summer advanced biophysical research techniques

EXPERIENCE

1938-1942 high school chemistry and biology teacher, Elk Point, SD & Worthington, MN
1942-1944 U.S. Army Ordnance Inspector Mpls. MN
1944-1946 U.S.Army Ordnance Dept. Aberdeen, MD & Manila, Philippine Is.
1950-1976 The Ohio State University, Medicine, Physiological  Chem. & Pathology Depts.
1952-58 Director, H.A. Hoster Research Lab. (Hodgkin's Disease) 
1958-76 Head O.S.U. Hospital Clinical Chemistry Laboratory 1958-76
1943,'44,'45 summers on faculty of Review Course in Toxicology U. of Cincinnati
1956 summer session Guest Prof. U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL biochemistry
1966-1979 President & Director LABS, Inc. Col's, OH
1966 to present consultant in forensic toxicology DUI in than 500 cases & 25 states

OTHER ACTIVITIES & HONORS

1951 recipient funding from Damon Runyan Cancer Research Foundation
1961 recipient NIH travel grant to International Congress of Biochemistry in Moscow, USSR and to   International Congress of Biophysics in Stockholm, Sweden
1980  author Defending Drinking Drivers Coral Press, Col's, OH
1981 recipient B. Katchman Award Ohio Valley Section AACC
1982 co-author Defending Drinking Drivers with J.Tarantino  James Pub. Co. Davis, CA
1986-88 member of the National Clinical Laboratories Committee with K.M. Dubowski, chairman of the sub-committee prepared the guideline for "Blood Alcohol Testing in the Clinical Laboratory"  
1992 recipient of an AACC presidential Citation from Dr. Basil Doumas for "his lifelong commitment, dedication, and  professional service to the American Association for Clinical Chemistry"