death_place death_date children birth_place parents birth_date spouse residence article_title education name occupation
albany , california united states usa 23 december 2007 francis , susan , anna , james northampton , massachusetts united states usa william francis ganong & anna hobbet 6 july 1924 ruth jackson albany , california william francis ganong , jr. .
 harvard medical school william francis ganong , jr. . scientist , educator , writer
william francis ganong , jr. .

william francis ganong , jr. -lrb- july 6 , 1924 -- december 23 , 2007 -rrb- was a harvard-educated american physiologist , and was one of the first scientists to trace how the brain controls important internal functions of the body .
he was born in northampton , massachusetts , the son of renowned botanist and smith college professor , william francis ganong , sr. .
he was a graduate of harvard medical school and served with the united states army during world war ii and the korean war in which he was part of a medical team that established a mash unit , the hemorrhagic fever center .
a neuroendocrinologist , he was the lange professor of physiology emeritus at the university of california , san francisco and served as the 50th president of the american physiological society , from 1977 to 1978 .
in the course of his research , he discovered that blood pressure and fluid balance -- the salt and water levels in the body -- are regulated by hormones from the adrenal gland and the kidney , a key finding for developing ways to treat hypertension .
he was also one of the discoverers of lown-ganong-levine syndrome , an electrical abnormality that affects heart rhythm .
he was the author of the book `` review of medical physiology '' , first published in 1963 and currently in its 24th edition and has been translated into 18 languages .
william francis ganong , jr. died in albany , california .
