Sam C. Barranco III

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Sam C. Barranco III

Birth
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Oct 1994 (aged 55–56)
Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Born in Beaumont, Texas, son of Sam Barranco, Jr and Leola Barranco, Sam attended Texas A&M UNIV. WITH A MAJOR IN ZOOLOGY IN 1960, RECEIVING A BS DEGREE AND IN 1962 an MS DeGREE IN RADIATION BIOLOGY. IN 1969 HE RECEIVED A PHD IN CELL BIOLOGY FROM JOHN HOPKINS Univerrsity. FOLLOWING THIS EDUCATION HE CAME TO THE UNIV. OF TEXAS CANCER CENTER, M.D. ANDERSON cancer hospital IN HOUSTON, Texas TO STUDY WITH DR. RONALD HUMPHREY. THEIR STUDIES WERE FROM 1969 TO 1971. WORKING WITH DR. MARVIN RHOMSDAHL AT ANDERSON HE, DR. HUMPHREY AND DR. RHOMSDAHL WROTE A WELL-KNOWN PAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL, CANCER RESEARCH, ENTITLED THE "RADIATION RESPONSE OF HUMAN MALIGNANT MELANOMA CELLS". DR BARRANCO JOINED THE DEPT. OF CELL BIOLOGY AT THE University OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL IN GALVESTON, Texas WHERE HE REMAINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE DEVOTED THE REMAINDER OF HIS CAREER IN CANCER RESEARCH TO DEVELOPING TREATMENT PROTOCOLS FOR MALIGNANT DISEASE. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE HAD HIS RESEARCH AFFILIATION AS OWNER OF A PRIVATE LABORATORY IN VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia. DR BARRANCO IS AUTHOR/CO ATHOR OF NEARLY 100 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.

ON A NEIGHBORHOOD JOG ONE FALL MORNING HE CAME INTO HIS DRIVEWAY AND COLLAPSED WITH A CARDIAC ARREST. A NEIGHBOR SAW HIS COLLAPSE, BUT BY THE TIME EMS ARRIVED IT WAS too LATE TO REVIVE HIM.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BARBARA, TWO DAUGHTERS, RHYS LUTSKY AND MELISSA BLAKEMAN; HIS FATHER, SAM BARRANCO, JR; AND A BROTHER, VICTOR BARRANCO.

THANK YOU FRIEND FOR SPONSORING THIS MEMORIAL SITE FOR MY GOOD BUDDY SAM BARRANCO.
Born in Beaumont, Texas, son of Sam Barranco, Jr and Leola Barranco, Sam attended Texas A&M UNIV. WITH A MAJOR IN ZOOLOGY IN 1960, RECEIVING A BS DEGREE AND IN 1962 an MS DeGREE IN RADIATION BIOLOGY. IN 1969 HE RECEIVED A PHD IN CELL BIOLOGY FROM JOHN HOPKINS Univerrsity. FOLLOWING THIS EDUCATION HE CAME TO THE UNIV. OF TEXAS CANCER CENTER, M.D. ANDERSON cancer hospital IN HOUSTON, Texas TO STUDY WITH DR. RONALD HUMPHREY. THEIR STUDIES WERE FROM 1969 TO 1971. WORKING WITH DR. MARVIN RHOMSDAHL AT ANDERSON HE, DR. HUMPHREY AND DR. RHOMSDAHL WROTE A WELL-KNOWN PAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL, CANCER RESEARCH, ENTITLED THE "RADIATION RESPONSE OF HUMAN MALIGNANT MELANOMA CELLS". DR BARRANCO JOINED THE DEPT. OF CELL BIOLOGY AT THE University OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL IN GALVESTON, Texas WHERE HE REMAINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE DEVOTED THE REMAINDER OF HIS CAREER IN CANCER RESEARCH TO DEVELOPING TREATMENT PROTOCOLS FOR MALIGNANT DISEASE. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE HAD HIS RESEARCH AFFILIATION AS OWNER OF A PRIVATE LABORATORY IN VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia. DR BARRANCO IS AUTHOR/CO ATHOR OF NEARLY 100 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.

ON A NEIGHBORHOOD JOG ONE FALL MORNING HE CAME INTO HIS DRIVEWAY AND COLLAPSED WITH A CARDIAC ARREST. A NEIGHBOR SAW HIS COLLAPSE, BUT BY THE TIME EMS ARRIVED IT WAS too LATE TO REVIVE HIM.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BARBARA, TWO DAUGHTERS, RHYS LUTSKY AND MELISSA BLAKEMAN; HIS FATHER, SAM BARRANCO, JR; AND A BROTHER, VICTOR BARRANCO.

THANK YOU FRIEND FOR SPONSORING THIS MEMORIAL SITE FOR MY GOOD BUDDY SAM BARRANCO.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16130324/sam_c-barranco: accessed ), memorial page for Sam C. Barranco III (1938–3 Oct 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16130324, citing Princess Anne Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LUROC (contributor 47472370).