Background
Coons, Albert Hewett was born on June 28, 1912 in Gloversville, New York, United States. Son of Albert Selmser and Marion (Hewett) Coons.
Coons, Albert Hewett was born on June 28, 1912 in Gloversville, New York, United States. Son of Albert Selmser and Marion (Hewett) Coons.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1933, Doctor of Science, 1960. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1937. Doctor of Science, Yale, 1961, Emory University, 1969.
House officer Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1937-1939. Assistant resident physician Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1939-1940. Research fellow medicine Harvard, 1939-1940, research fellow bacteriology, immunology, 1940-1947, on leave 1942-1946, instructor, 1947-1948, associate, 1948-1950, assistant professor, 1950-1953, visiting professor, 1953-1970, professor, from 1970.
Research fellow medical science National Research Council, 1940-1942.
Career investigator American Heart Association, from 1953. Consultant United States Public Health Service, 1956-1962.
Harvey lecturer, 1957.
Served to major Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Society American Bacteriologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, National Academy Sciences, American Association Immunologists (president 1960-1961), American Rheumatism Society, Histochem.
Society (councillor 1952-1956, president 1964-1965), Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta.
Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Phyllis Watts, December 27, 1947. Children: Elizabeth Schuyler, Susan Wakefield, Hilary, Wendy, Albert Hewett.