Background
Hansel, William was born on September 16, 1918 in Vale Summit, Maryland, United States. Son of John W. and Helen M. (Sperlein) Hansel.
Hansel, William was born on September 16, 1918 in Vale Summit, Maryland, United States. Son of John W. and Helen M. (Sperlein) Hansel.
Master of Science, Cornell University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1949.
Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1949-1952; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1952-1961; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1961-1990; Liberty Hyde Bailey professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1983-1990; chairman physiology department, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1978-1983; Gordon D. Cain professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1990. Scientific advisory Merck, Sharp and Dohme, Rahway, 1980-1985, Smith, Kline, Beecham, Westchester, Pennsylvania, 1986-1991.
Major United States Army, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Study Reproduction (president 1976), American Physiological Society, Endocrine Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (treasurer 1975), Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Milbrey Downey, August 16, 1942. Children: Barbara, Kay.