Charles Wesley Buggs

Background

Buggs, Charles Wesley was born on August 6, 1906 in Brunswick, Georgia, United States.

Education

AB, Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1928. Master of Science (Rosenwald scholar 1931-1934), University Minnesota, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy (Shevlin fellow medicine 1933), University Minnesota, 1934.

Career

Professor biology, chairman division science Dillard University, 1935-1943, 49-56. From instructor to associate professor bacteriology School Medicine, Wayne University, 1943-1949. Professor microbiology School Medicine, Howard University, 1956-1971, chairman department, 1958-1970.

Emeritus professor microbiology. Project director Faculty Allied Health Sciences Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, Los Angeles, 1969-1972, dean, 1972. Interim program director California Regional Medical Program, Area IX, 1970-1971.

Visiting professor microbiology University California at Los Angeles, 1969-1972, University Southern California, 1969-1976. Professor microbiology California State University, Long Beach, 1973-1983. Special research resistance bacteria to antibiotics.

Achievements

• Charles Wesley Buggs has been listed as a noteworthy microbiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware 1st three conferences on medical education for liberal arts colleges Buck Hill Farms, 1950, 52, 58. National Science Foundation delegate Bryn Mawr Conference on biological research in liberal arts colleges, 1954. Former member medical and science committee Southern California chapter Arthritis Foundation, 1971-1973.

Member State Alcoholism Advisory Council, 1972-1973. Board directors Comprehensive Health Planning Association Los Angeles County, 1972-1973. Fellow American Academy Microbiology.

Member American Society Microbiology, Sigma Xi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi. Past fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy of Sciences. Past member American Association Dental Schools, American Public Health Association, Association American Medical Colleges, Association Schools Allied Health Professions, National Association Standard Medical Vocabulary, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Connections

Son of John Wesley and Leonora Vane (Clark) B. M. Maggie Lee Bennett, December 27, 1927. 1 daughter, Margaret Leonora.

Father:

John Wesley Buggs

Mother:

Leonora Vane (Clark) Buggs