Background
Huff, Clay G. was born on September 10, 1900 in Cory, Indiana, United States. Son of Howard and Estella May (Coble) Huff.
Huff, Clay G. was born on September 10, 1900 in Cory, Indiana, United States. Son of Howard and Estella May (Coble) Huff.
Student Indiana State Teachers College, 1918-1921. Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern (Kansas) College, 1924. Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins, 1927.
National Research Council fellow Harvard Medical School, 1928-1983. Associate professor zoology, U. Georgia, 1927-1928. Assistant professor parasitology University of Chicago, 1930-1936, associate professor, 1936-1941 professor, 1941-1947.
Director department parasitology Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, 1947-1969, retired, 1969.
Science writer, from 1969.
Fellow Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (honorary). Member National Malaria Society (vice president 1945-1946), American Academy Tropical Medicine (Theobald Smith award 1947, secretary 1949-1952), American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (president 1962-1963, Le Prince award 1973 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.
Married Florence May Clark, September 1, 1927. Children: Eskin, Elaine.