Background
Mitchell, Carl Jack was born on December 3, 1936 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, United States. Son of George and Vera (Walters) Mitchell.
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Carl Jack Mitchell
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Carl Jack Mitchell, American Medical entomologist, research scientist. Recipient Antarctic Svc. medal Department Defense, 1962, Meritorious Citation, Republic of China, 1972. Member American Mosquito Control Association (chair editorial board), American Society TropicalMedicine and Hygiene, Society for Vector Ecology, Entomological Society American.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1959; Master of Science, U. Hawaii, 1963; Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, 1966-1967;
chief Texas activities, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Plainview, 1967-1970;
project leader, World Health Organization, Taipei, Taiwan, 1970-1972;
scientist, biologist, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1972-1973;
extension entomologist, University of California, Davis, 1973-1975;
research entomologist, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1974-1985;
chief Vector Virology Laboratory, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1984-1989;
chief medical entomology-ecology branch, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1989-1995;
supervisory research entomologist Arbovirus Diseases Branch, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 1995. Entomologist United States Antarctic Research Project, McMurdo Sound, 1961-1962. Consultant Pan American Health Organisation, Dominican Republic and Argentina, 1977, 84,World Health Organization, Geneva, 1986, United States Agency for International Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1989.
Member joint Soviet/United States of America expeditions to western Siberia, 1990, 91. Consultant Institute Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Macau, Portugal, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Mosquito Control Association (chair editorial board), American Society TropicalMedicine and Hygiene, Society for Vector Ecology, Entomological Society American.
Interests
Connections
Married Barbara M. Williams, December 14, 1961. Children: Katherine Ann, Samuel Joseph, Thomas Owen.
