Background
Simpkins, Cuthbert Ormond was born on August 20, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Cuthbert Ormond and Dorothy Mary (Herndon) Simpkins.
Simpkins, Cuthbert Ormond was born on August 20, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Cuthbert Ormond and Dorothy Mary (Herndon) Simpkins.
Bachelor of Science, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1974.
Chief resident, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1980; research associate department biophysics and physiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1981-1982; research fellow department surgery, Boston University, 1982-1983; research fellow, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1983-1984; principal investigator, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1984-1987; acting branch director, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1987; chief surgical research, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, 1987-1991; assistant professor department surgery, Howard U., Washington, since 1987; assistant professor department surgery, U. Maryland., Baltimore, since 1991. Peer reviewer Life Sciences, Tucson, since 1988.
(A biography of Coltrane, a clarinetist and jazz musician.)
Chairman planning committee District of Columbia Government Task Force on Violence and Victimization, Washington, 1987. Judge science fair National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Washington, since 1991. Commander United States Navy, 1983-1987.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Academy Surgeons, New York Academy Sciences, African-American Writers Guild (co-founder, past vice president Washington chapter), Organisation Black Scientist.
Married Ruby Mae Carroll(divorced). Married Carol Jean Garrett (divorced December 1982). Married Diane Phipps, June 23, 1983.