Background
Blood, Benjamin Donald was born on June 11, 1914 in Wabash, Indiana, United States. Son of James Lawrence and Madge Bernice (Banister) Blood.
Blood, Benjamin Donald was born on June 11, 1914 in Wabash, Indiana, United States. Son of James Lawrence and Madge Bernice (Banister) Blood.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, 1939. Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1949.
Private practice veterinary medicine, Wabash, Indiana, 1939-1940. Consultant United States Military Government, Seoul, Korea, 1946-1948. Chief veterinary public health Pan American Health Organization, Washington, 1949-1953, area advisor Buenos Aires, 1953-1957.
Founding director Pan American Zoonoses Center, Azul, Argentina, 1957-1964. Associate director Office International Health, United States Public Health Service, 1964-1969. International health attache United States Diplomatic Mission to United Nations Agencies, Geneva, Switzerland, 1969-1974.
Executive director Iteragy. Primate Steering Committee United States Public Health Service, Washington, 1975-1979. Consultant in primatology, McLean, Virginia, since 1980.
Colonel United States Army, 1940-1946. European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Public Health Association.
Member American Veterinary Medical Association, International Primatol. Society, American Society Primatologists.
Married Hollis A. Simpson. Children: Benjamin, Barbara, Brian, Beverly, Bonnie.