Background
Cogan, David Glendenning was born on February 14, 1908 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Joseph and Edith (Ives) Cogan.
Cogan, David Glendenning was born on February 14, 1908 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Joseph and Edith (Ives) Cogan.
AB, Dartmouth, 1929; Medical student, Dartmouth, 1931. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1932. Doctor of Medicine Moseley travelling fellow, 1938.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Duke University, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Indiana, 1991.
Intern, University of Chicago Clinics, 1931-1932; resident, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1932-1934; associate surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1943-1954; surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1954-1960; chief ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1963-1968; practiced medicine, Boston, 1934-1973; director, Howe Laboratory Ophthalmology, Harvard, 1940-1974; associate professor ophthalmic research, Howe Laboratory Ophthalmology, Harvard, 1943-1955; professor ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 1955-1974; department chairman, Harvard Medical School, 1963-1968; Henry Willard Williams professor, Harvard Medical School, 1963-1970; emeritus, Harvard Medical School, 1974-1993; chief neuro-ophthalmic section, National Eye Institute, 1974-1985; senior medical officer, National Institutes of Health, 1985-1993. Member council National Institute Neurologic Diseases and Blindness, Council National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. Trustee Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Member science council Research to Prevent Blindness. Member American Academy Arts and Science, American Ophthalmological Society, American Society Clinical Research, National Society Prevention Blindness (director). Honorary member Canada Ophthalmological Society, Irish Ophthalmological Society, Japanese Ophthalmological Society, German Ophthalmological Society Clubs: Cosmos.
Married Frances Capps, July 14, 1934. Children: Christy (deceased), Frances, Ann (deceased), Priscilla.