Daniel Thomas Watts

Background

Watts, Daniel Thomas was born on July 31, 1916 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Cyrus and Blanche (Rogers) Watts.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Elon College, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke, 1942.

Career

High school teacher, Yanceyville, North Carolina, 1937-1938; graduate assistant, Duke, 1938-1942; physiologist, Naval Air Experiment Station, 1946-1947; member of faculty, University of Virginia, 1947-1953; associate professor pharmacology, University of Virginia, 1949-1953; professor pharmacology, department chairman, West Virginia University, 1953-1966; dean, School Basic Sciences Medical College Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1966-1982; dean emeritus, School Basic Sciences Medical College Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1982-1994. Consultant pharmacology Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1959-1969.

Achievements

• Daniel Thomas Watts has been listed as a noteworthy university dean, pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Morgantown Planning Commission, 1963-1966. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Captain Reserve; Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Clubs: Rotarian (president Morgantown 1958, Richmond 1977).

Connections

Married Margaret Montgomery, September 12, 1942 (deceased 1963). Children: Daniel Thomas, Margaret Peyton. Married Ann M. Brewbaker, June 12, 1965.

Stepchildren: Carol Kay, Susan.

Father:

James Cyrus Watts

Mother:

Blanche (Rogers) Watts

Spouse:

Ann M. Brewbaker

Spouse:

Margaret Montgomery

child:

Margaret Peyton Watts

child:

Daniel Thomas Watts

child:

Susan Watts

child:

Carol Kay Watts