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}} }} Wilhelm Delano Meriwether (born April 23, 1943〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Time World Rankings - 100 metres Dash )〕〔) is an American physician and a former track and field athlete. He is best known for having been the head of the United States Government 1976 swine flu immunization program and as the 1971 US outdoor track and field champion in the 100 yard dash. ==Early life== Meriwether was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States to parents who were teachers. His father, Wilhelm R. Meriwether, in time became a principal of Burke High School in Charleston, South Carolina where the younger Meriwether was educated. At Burke he played saxophone on the school band and was a member of the Science Club.〔 His sporting involvement at high school was limited as he was considered too small for basketball and football.〔 Meriwether graduated from Burke in 1960. While still at high school Meriwether worked in a veterinary hospital having already won an award from the American Veterinary Medical Association as a 16-year-old for research on internal parasites found in dogs.〔 After graduating from high school he received a scholarship to study at Michigan State University; taking pre-veterinary studies for two years before switching to pre-medical.〔 After three years he graduated from Michigan State and became the first African American to be accepted into Duke University School of Medicine, graduating with honors in 1967 and then obtained a Master's degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delano Meriwether」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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