Background
Warren, Andrew Jackson was born on May 16, 1891 in Hurdle Mill, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Algernon and Louise (Hester) Warren.
Warren, Andrew Jackson was born on May 16, 1891 in Hurdle Mill, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Algernon and Louise (Hester) Warren.
Student, University North Carolina, 1912. Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1914. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tulane University, 1955.
Certificate of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health, 1930.
County health officer, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1918-1919. Assistant state health officer, 1919-1920. City health officer, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1920-1921.
Field staff, International Health Division Rockefeller Foundation, from 1921, acting epidemiologist and director rural health, Kansas, 1921-1922, assistant state health officerrural health work, Oregon, 1923, adviser National Department Health, Mexico, 1924-1926, fellowship adviser, 1928-1937, assistant director International Health Division Rockefeller Foundation, 1936-1944, in charge of work in Europe, Africa and Near East, 1938-1944, associate director, 1944-1951, director division medicine public health, 1951-1956. Consultant to Secretary War as member board for investigation and control influenza and other epidemic diseases in Army, 1941-1946. Chairman tropical diseases study section National Institute Health.
Honorary professor medical and biological science University Chile. Member visiting committee Harvard School Public Health, 1943-1949.
Fellow American Public Health Association, American Society Parasitologists, American Society Tropical Medicine.
Married Margaret Lyle Spurgeon, June 12, 1917. Children: Margaret Louise Warren Tenney, Huldah Hester Warren Scott.