What is Leo Vroman?
[[File:Leo Vroman.jpg|thumbnail|Leo Vroman in 1983]] '''Leo Vroman''' (April 10, 1915 – February 22, 2014) was a [[Jew]]ish-[[Dutch people|Dutch]]-[[Americans|American]] [[hematologist]], a writer and a [[poet]] (mainly writing in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) and an [[illustrator]]. ==Early life== Vroman was born in [[Gouda, Netherlands|Gouda]]. He studied [[biology]] at [[Utrecht University]]. When the [[Nazi]]s occupied the [[Netherlands]] on May 10, 1940, he went to [[London]]. ===Education=== After the war, Vroman went to [[New York]]. There he worked as a hematology researcher. He has been an American citizen since 1951. ==Death== Vroman spent his last years in [[Fort Worth]], Texas. He died on February 22, 2014, aged 98.<ref>[http://www.nu.nl/boek/3709640/dichter-leo-vroman-98-overleden.html Nu.nl - Dichter Leo Vroman (98) overleden] {{in lang|nl}} Retreived on February 22, 2014.</ref> ==Books== * with Edward F Leonard: ''The Behavior of blood and its components at interfaces'', Columbia University Seminar on Biomaterials, [[New York Academy of Sciences]], New York, 1977. Vol. 283 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences *with Edward F Leonard and Vincent T Turitto: ''Blood in contact with natural and artificial surfaces'', New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N.Y., 1987. Vol. 516 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== * [http://www.nrc.nl/boeken/2014/02/22/leo-vromen-ik-word-nog-een-natuurwet www.nrc.nl] {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *{{IMDb name|1518222}} * [https://books.google.com/books?id=21t7MxRMivwC&dq=%22leo+vroman%22+%2Bblood&pg=PR7 The Vroman Effect by C. H. Bamford, S. L. Cooper, T. Tsuruta, 1992] * [http://netherlands.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=4025 Poetry International on Vroman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162401/http://netherlands.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=4025 |date=2011-07-21 }} *